# What is the rarest card in Shining Fates?

> The rarest card in Shining Fates is Alcremie VMAX (#73), a Rare Rainbow.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/rarest-card-in-shining-fates — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The rarest card in Shining Fates is Alcremie VMAX (#73), a Rare Rainbow.**

## Why Alcremie VMAX tops the list

Shining Fates prints just 1 Rare Rainbow, the thinnest tier in the set, and Alcremie VMAX sits at #73 among them. Rarity and price don't always line up. By market value the priciest card is Skyla (#72) at about $12.00, so the rarest pull and the most expensive one are different cards here.

## How Alcremie VMAX sits in the wider chase

Shining Fates runs to 73 cards including 1 secret rares, and Alcremie VMAX is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:

- [Skyla (#72)](/card/swsh45-72) — Rare Ultra (~$12.00)
- [Poké Kid (#70)](/card/swsh45-70) — Rare Ultra (~$10.52)
- [Alcremie V (#64)](/card/swsh45-64) — Rare Ultra (~$6.77)
- [Ditto VMAX (#51)](/card/swsh45-51) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$5.19)
- [Kyogre (#21)](/card/swsh45-21) — Amazing Rare (~$4.25)

## Star Pokémon to chase in Shining Fates

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 Shining Fates card to hunt per name:

- **Alcremie** — Alcremie V (#64), Alcremie VMAX (#73)
- **Kyogre** — Kyogre (#21)
- **Reshiram** — Reshiram (#17)
- **Yveltal** — Yveltal (#46)

If you're hunting the rarest pull, Alcremie VMAX is the one to prioritise; the rest of Shining Fates' chase fills in from there. With 1 secret rares and 0 full-art cards across the 73-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.