# How many secret rares are in Sword & Shield?

> Sword & Shield has 14 secret rares — cards numbered above 202.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-secret-rares-in-sword-shield — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Sword & Shield has 14 secret rares — cards numbered above 202.**

## Where Sword & Shield's secret rares begin

Secret rares sit past the printed total of 202, so in Sword & Shield they run #203 to #216 — 14 cards, the hardest pulls and most of the set's value. By tier that's 17 Rare Holo Vs, 17 Rare Holos, 16 Rare Ultras and 8 Rare Rainbows.

## The Sword & Shield secret rares everyone wants

The rarest is Snorlax VMAX (#206), a Rare Rainbow.

- [Snorlax VMAX (#206)](/card/swsh1-206) — Rare Rainbow (~$96.57)
- [Snorlax VMAX (#142)](/card/swsh1-142) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$63.86)
- [Marnie (#200)](/card/swsh1-200) — Rare Ultra (~$38.23)
- [Snorlax V (#197)](/card/swsh1-197) — Rare Ultra (~$31.13)
- [Morpeko VMAX (#204)](/card/swsh1-204) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.78)
- [Marnie (#208)](/card/swsh1-208) — Rare Rainbow (~$22.75)

## Star Pokémon among Sword & Shield's secret rares

The headline Pokémon whose top prints land in the secret-rare range:

- **Snorlax** — Snorlax V (#197), Snorlax VMAX (#206)
- **Morpeko** — Morpeko V (#190), Morpeko VMAX (#204)
- **Zacian** — Zacian V (#195), Zacian V (#211)
- **Lapras** — Lapras V (#189), Lapras VMAX (#203)
- **Sableye** — Sableye V (#194)

## Finishing the Sword & Shield secret-rare run

Landing all 14 is the hard part of completing Sword & Shield; they push the full checklist to 216 cards and a master set to 390. Most of the set's resale value sits in this 14-card band, so even a near-complete Sword & Shield binder can be missing the bulk of its value if the secret rares aren't in yet.

Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.