The rarest card in Astral Radiance is Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#198), a Rare Rainbow.
Why Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR tops the list
Astral Radiance prints just 18 Rare Rainbows, the thinnest tier in the set, and Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR sits at #198 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Machamp V (#172) at about $216.37, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR sits in the wider chase
Astral Radiance runs to 216 cards including 27 secret rares, and Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Machamp V (#172) — Rare Ultra (~$216.37)
- Origin Forme Palkia V (#167) — Rare Ultra (~$89.89)
- Beedrill V (#161) — Rare Ultra (~$72.10)
- Origin Forme Dialga V (#177) — Rare Ultra (~$68.57)
- Hisuian Sneasler V (#175) — Rare Ultra (~$36.46)
Star Pokémon to chase in Astral Radiance
Beyond the single rarest card, these are the headline Pokémon and their prints in the set — each appears in multiple slots, so there's more than one Astral Radiance card to hunt per name:
- Machamp — Machamp V (#171), Machamp V (#172), Machamp VMAX (#194)
- Origin Forme Palkia — Origin Forme Palkia V (#167), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (#192), Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR (#208)
- Beedrill — Beedrill V (#160), Beedrill V (#161)
- Origin Forme Dialga — Origin Forme Dialga V (#177), Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#198), Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR (#210)
- Hisuian Sneasler — Hisuian Sneasler V (#174), Hisuian Sneasler V (#175)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR is the one to prioritise; the rest of Astral Radiance's chase fills in from there. With 27 secret rares and 0 full-art cards across the 216-card set, there's a deep bench of rare pulls behind it.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset (TCGplayer pricing), as of June 2026.