The rarest card in Phantasmal Flames is Mega Charizard X ex (#130), a Mega Hyper Rare.
Why Mega Charizard X ex tops the list
Phantasmal Flames prints just 1 Mega Hyper Rare, the thinnest tier in the set, and Mega Charizard X ex sits at #130 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Mega Charizard X ex (#125) at about $799.71, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Mega Charizard X ex sits in the wider chase
Phantasmal Flames runs to 130 cards including 36 secret rares, and Mega Charizard X ex is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Mega Charizard X ex (#125) — Special Illustration Rare (~$799.71)
- Mega Charizard X ex (#109) — Ultra Rare (~$36.89)
- Dawn (#129) — Special Illustration Rare (~$29.25)
- Meowth (#106) — Illustration Rare (~$24.62)
- Mega Sharpedo ex (#127) — Special Illustration Rare (~$24.28)
Star Pokémon to chase in Phantasmal Flames
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 Phantasmal Flames card to hunt per name:
- Mega Charizard X — Mega Charizard X ex (#13), Mega Charizard X ex (#109), Mega Charizard X ex (#125), Mega Charizard X ex (#130)
- Meowth — Meowth (#106)
- Mega Sharpedo — Mega Sharpedo ex (#61), Mega Sharpedo ex (#113), Mega Sharpedo ex (#127)
- Mega Lopunny — Mega Lopunny ex (#84), Mega Lopunny ex (#115), Mega Lopunny ex (#128)
- Rotom — Rotom ex (#29), Rotom ex (#111), Rotom ex (#126)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Mega Charizard X ex is the one to prioritise; the rest of Phantasmal Flames' chase fills in from there. With 36 secret rares and 18 full-art cards across the 130-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.