# What is the rarest card in Sword & Shield?

> The rarest card in Sword & Shield is Snorlax VMAX (#206), a Rare Rainbow.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/rarest-card-in-sword-shield — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**The rarest card in Sword & Shield is Snorlax VMAX (#206), a Rare Rainbow.**

## Why Snorlax VMAX tops the list

Sword & Shield prints just 8 Rare Rainbows, the thinnest tier in the set, and Snorlax VMAX sits at #206 among them. It's also the set's most valuable card, trading around $96.57.

## How Snorlax VMAX sits in the wider chase

Sword & Shield runs to 216 cards including 14 secret rares, and Snorlax VMAX is the scarcest of them. Other cards collectors hunt in the set:

- [Snorlax VMAX (#142)](/card/swsh1-142) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$63.86)
- [Marnie (#200)](/card/swsh1-200) — Rare Ultra (~$38.23)
- [Snorlax V (#197)](/card/swsh1-197) — Rare Ultra (~$31.13)
- [Morpeko VMAX (#204)](/card/swsh1-204) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.78)
- [Marnie (#208)](/card/swsh1-208) — Rare Rainbow (~$22.75)

## Star Pokémon to chase in Sword & Shield

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 Sword & Shield card to hunt per name:

- **Snorlax** — Snorlax V (#197), Snorlax VMAX (#206)
- **Morpeko** — Morpeko V (#190), Morpeko VMAX (#204)
- **Zacian** — Zacian V (#195), Zacian V (#211)
- **Lapras** — Lapras V (#189), Lapras VMAX (#203)
- **Sableye** — Sableye V (#194)

If you're hunting the rarest pull, Snorlax VMAX is the one to prioritise; the rest of Sword & Shield's chase fills in from there. With 14 secret rares and 0 full-art cards across the 216-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.