The rarest card in Destined Rivals is Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#242), a Hyper Rare.
Why Team Rocket's Crobat ex tops the list
Destined Rivals prints just 6 Hyper Rares, the thinnest tier in the set, and Team Rocket's Crobat ex sits at #242 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) at about $566.14, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Team Rocket's Crobat ex sits in the wider chase
Destined Rivals runs to 244 cards including 62 secret rares, and Team Rocket's Crobat ex is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) — Special Illustration Rare (~$566.14)
- Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$289.98)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230) — Special Illustration Rare (~$196.98)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$127.52)
- Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229) — Special Illustration Rare (~$124.09)
Star Pokémon to chase in Destined Rivals
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 Destined Rivals card to hunt per name:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#81), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#213), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#240)
- Cynthia's Garchomp — Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#104), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#215), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#241)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh — Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#39), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#209), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#239)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking — Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#119), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#216), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)
- Team Rocket's Moltres — Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#31), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#208), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Team Rocket's Crobat ex is the one to prioritise; the rest of Destined Rivals' chase fills in from there. With 62 secret rares and 34 full-art cards across the 244-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.