What is the most valuable card in Shining Fates?

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The most valuable card in Shining Fates is Skyla (#72) at about $12.00.

The most valuable Shining Fates card

Skyla (#72, Rare Ultra) tops Shining Fates on the secondary market, trading around $12.00. It's the card that anchors the set's value; prices move constantly with supply and hype, so treat this as a snapshot rather than a quote.

What else holds value in Shining Fates

Below Skyla, the next tier of Shining Fates value by recent market price:

Star Pokémon driving Shining Fates' prices

These are the headline Pokémon whose cards carry the set, listed with their prints:

Most valuable isn't always rarest

Value and print rarity can diverge: the rarest card by rarity tier in Shining Fates is Alcremie VMAX (#73), a Rare Rainbow, a different card from the priciest one. See the rarest-card breakdown for that angle.

Buying smart in Shining Fates

Skyla anchors the high end, but Shining Fates has 0 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares and 1 secret rares in total, so there's a full value ladder beneath it. If Skyla is out of budget, the runners-up above give you the same set at a fraction of the cost — and prices shift, so check a current sold-listings page before you buy or sell.

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

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