The rarest card in Mega Evolution is Mega Lucario ex (#188), a Mega Hyper Rare.
Why Mega Lucario ex tops the list
Mega Evolution prints just 2 Mega Hyper Rares, the thinnest tier in the set, and Mega Lucario ex sits at #188 among them. It's also the set's most valuable card, trading around $267.38.
How Mega Lucario ex sits in the wider chase
Mega Evolution runs to 188 cards including 56 secret rares, and Mega Lucario ex is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Mega Lucario ex (#179) — Special Illustration Rare (~$242.26)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#187) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$227.03)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#178) — Special Illustration Rare (~$206.16)
- Mega Venusaur ex (#177) — Special Illustration Rare (~$185.80)
- Mega Latias ex (#181) — Special Illustration Rare (~$97.51)
Star Pokémon to chase in Mega Evolution
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 Mega Evolution card to hunt per name:
- Mega Lucario — Mega Lucario ex (#77), Mega Lucario ex (#160), Mega Lucario ex (#179), Mega Lucario ex (#188)
- Mega Gardevoir — Mega Gardevoir ex (#60), Mega Gardevoir ex (#159), Mega Gardevoir ex (#178), Mega Gardevoir ex (#187)
- Mega Venusaur — Mega Venusaur ex (#3), Mega Venusaur ex (#155), Mega Venusaur ex (#177)
- Mega Latias — Mega Latias ex (#100), Mega Latias ex (#163), Mega Latias ex (#181)
- Mega Absol — Mega Absol ex (#86), Mega Absol ex (#161), Mega Absol ex (#180)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Mega Lucario ex is the one to prioritise; the rest of Mega Evolution's chase fills in from there. With 56 secret rares and 32 full-art cards across the 188-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.