The rarest card in Pokémon GO is Dragonite VSTAR (#81), a Rare Rainbow.
Why Dragonite VSTAR tops the list
Pokémon GO prints just 7 Rare Rainbows, the thinnest tier in the set, and Dragonite VSTAR sits at #81 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Mewtwo V (#72) at about $66.16, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.
How Dragonite VSTAR sits in the wider chase
Pokémon GO runs to 88 cards including 10 secret rares, and Dragonite VSTAR is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:
- Mewtwo V (#72) — Rare Ultra (~$66.16)
- Mewtwo VSTAR (#79) — Rare Rainbow (~$54.29)
- Mewtwo VSTAR (#86) — Rare Secret (~$40.03)
- Radiant Charizard (#11) — Radiant Rare (~$26.97)
- Dragonite V (#76) — Rare Ultra (~$17.10)
Star Pokémon to chase in Pokémon GO
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 Pokémon GO card to hunt per name:
- Mewtwo — Mewtwo V (#72), Mewtwo VSTAR (#79), Mewtwo VSTAR (#86)
- Dragonite — Dragonite V (#76), Dragonite VSTAR (#81)
- Radiant Charizard — Radiant Charizard (#11)
- Melmetal — Melmetal V (#75), Melmetal VMAX (#80)
- Radiant Blastoise — Radiant Blastoise (#18)
If you're hunting the rarest pull, Dragonite VSTAR is the one to prioritise; the rest of Pokémon GO's chase fills in from there. With 10 secret rares and 0 full-art cards across the 88-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.