# What is the rarest card in Scarlet & Violet?

> The rarest card in Scarlet & Violet is Koraidon ex (#254), a Hyper Rare.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/rarest-card-in-scarlet-violet — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The rarest card in Scarlet & Violet is Koraidon ex (#254), a Hyper Rare.**

## Why Koraidon ex tops the list

Scarlet & Violet prints just 6 Hyper Rares, the thinnest tier in the set, and Koraidon ex sits at #254 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Gardevoir ex (#245) at about $89.05, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.

## How Koraidon ex sits in the wider chase

Scarlet & Violet runs to 258 cards including 60 secret rares, and Koraidon ex is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:

- [Gardevoir ex (#245)](/card/sv1-245) — Special Illustration Rare (~$89.05)
- [Drowzee (#210)](/card/sv1-210) — Illustration Rare (~$70.93)
- [Ralts (#211)](/card/sv1-211) — Illustration Rare (~$53.81)
- [Kirlia (#212)](/card/sv1-212) — Illustration Rare (~$51.81)
- [Slowpoke (#204)](/card/sv1-204) — Illustration Rare (~$46.64)

## Star Pokémon to chase in Scarlet & Violet

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 Scarlet & Violet card to hunt per name:

- **Gardevoir** — Gardevoir ex (#86), Gardevoir ex (#228), Gardevoir ex (#245)
- **Drowzee** — Drowzee (#210)
- **Ralts** — Ralts (#211)
- **Kirlia** — Kirlia (#212)
- **Slowpoke** — Slowpoke (#204)

If you're hunting the rarest pull, Koraidon ex is the one to prioritise; the rest of Scarlet & Violet's chase fills in from there. With 60 secret rares and 34 full-art cards across the 258-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.