The rarest card in Evolving Skies is Duraludon VMAX (#220), a Rare Rainbow.
Why Duraludon VMAX tops the list
Evolving Skies prints just 22 Rare Rainbows, the thinnest tier in the set, and Duraludon VMAX sits at #220 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Umbreon VMAX (#215) at about $2,270.18, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Duraludon VMAX sits in the wider chase
Evolving Skies runs to 237 cards including 34 secret rares, and Duraludon VMAX is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Umbreon VMAX (#215) — Rare Rainbow (~$2,270.18)
- Rayquaza VMAX (#218) — Rare Rainbow (~$1,047.06)
- Dragonite V (#192) — Rare Ultra (~$506.45)
- Rayquaza V (#194) — Rare Ultra (~$447.29)
- Leafeon VMAX (#205) — Rare Rainbow (~$393.63)
Star Pokémon to chase in Evolving Skies
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 Evolving Skies card to hunt per name:
- Umbreon — Umbreon V (#188), Umbreon V (#189), Umbreon VMAX (#214), Umbreon VMAX (#215)
- Rayquaza — Rayquaza V (#193), Rayquaza V (#194), Rayquaza VMAX (#217), Rayquaza VMAX (#218)
- Dragonite — Dragonite V (#191), Dragonite V (#192)
- Leafeon — Leafeon V (#166), Leafeon V (#167), Leafeon VMAX (#204), Leafeon VMAX (#205)
- Sylveon — Sylveon V (#183), Sylveon V (#184), Sylveon VMAX (#211), Sylveon VMAX (#212)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Duraludon VMAX is the one to prioritise; the rest of Evolving Skies' chase fills in from there. With 34 secret rares and 0 full-art cards across the 237-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.