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The base set of Ascended Heroes is 217 cards. The numbering runs to 295, and those 78 extra cards are the special prints people open packs for.
This is the full list, split by rarity, with collector number, artwork and price. If you are after the ranking sorted by value instead, it is in the article on the most expensive Ascended Heroes cards.
In short. The signature card of Ascended Heroes is Mega Gengar ex Special Illustration Rare (#284) at 1,000.64 €; the print that closes the numbering, meaning the hardest one to find, is one of the two Gold Secret Rares, the most wanted of them at 414.63 €. The value is spread out: the top three cards make up only 44% of the total, and below them the drop is gradual. Prices for English-language singles in Near Mint condition, 28 August 2026.
What is the rarest card in Ascended Heroes?
It depends what you mean, and here the two answers do not coincide.
If you mean the signature card, the one everybody calls the rarest in the set, it is Mega Gengar ex Special Illustration Rare (#284): it is worth 1,000.64 € and it is the most expensive card in Ascended Heroes.
If you mean the hardest print to find, they are the two Gold Secret Rares: Mega Charizard Y ex (#294) and Mega Dragonite ex (#295). They close the numbering, the slot conventionally reserved for the prints that come out of packs least often, and the most wanted one costs 414.63 €.
Pull rates are never published, so there is no official answer on which card is genuinely the rarest. The only measurable indicator is the price, which is where the few copies in circulation meet the people looking for them: and the price says Mega Gengar ex #284 sits 2.4 times above the most wanted of the closing prints.
Ascended Heroes has an unusually wide top tier: twenty-two Special Illustration Rares, where a recent set carries five or six. Only Prismatic Evolutions has more. That is why the total is high without a single card dominating: the value is spread across twenty prints instead of three.
Pikachu ex appears two times, and the prices are nothing alike
The same Pokémon shows up two times among the special prints, at wildly different prices:
- #276, Special Illustration Rare: 955.64 €
- #277, Special Illustration Rare: 429.64 €
Its versions together are worth 1,385.28 €, which is 24% of every special print in the set, and between the dearest and the cheapest there is a 2x gap. It is the most common mistake when valuing a collection from memory: the Pokémon does not decide the price, the print does. The number at the bottom decides everything.
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The 20 most expensive Special Illustration Rares (#272-291)
The tier holds 22 cards in all: these are the 20 dearest, and the other 2 all sit below 40.36 €. These are worth 4,523.28 € together, from 47.34 € up to 1,000.64 € for Mega Gengar ex (#284). This is the tier holding most of the set's value: on its own it accounts for 80% of the total.
The two Gold Secret Rares (#294-295)
These two cards are worth 685.22 € together, from 270.59 € up to 414.63 € for Mega Charizard Y ex (#294).
The 20 most expensive Illustration Rares (#218-248)
The tier holds 34 cards in all: these are the 20 dearest, and the other 14 all sit below 6.38 €. These are worth 280.40 € together, from 6.57 € up to 85.59 € for Psyduck (#226).
The twenty Ultra Rares (#252-271)
These twenty cards are worth 175.56 € together, from 0.67 € up to 71.63 € for Mega Gengar ex (#269). The internal spread is enormous, and below the first card it drops away fast: this tier is almost entirely completable for a few euros.
What it costs to complete the Ascended Heroes special prints
Bought one by one as singles, the 62 cards listed above cost 5,664.46 €. The other 16 left out of the lists all sit below 40.36 € each. The distribution matters more than the total:
- the top three cards are worth 44% of it
- the 20 most expensive Special Illustration Rares are worth 4,523.28 €
- the two Gold Secret Rares are worth 685.22 €
- the 20 most expensive Illustration Rares are worth 280.40 €
Put practically: without Mega Gengar ex #284 and Pikachu ex #276, the rest costs around 3708 €. No single card blocks the bill: this is a set you complete one piece at a time.
Frequently asked questions about Ascended Heroes chase cards
How many chase cards does Ascended Heroes have?
The base set is 217 cards and the numbering runs to 295, so the special prints are 78, across twenty Special Illustration Rares, two Gold Secret Rares, twenty Illustration Rares and twenty Ultra Rares.
What is the rarest card in Ascended Heroes?
It depends what you mean. The signature card, the one the market pays most for, is Mega Gengar ex (#284) at 1,000.64 €. The print that closes the numbering, so the hardest to find, is one of the two Gold Secret Rares, the most wanted of which costs 414.63 €. Pull rates are never published, so there is no official answer.
What is the most expensive card in Ascended Heroes?
Mega Gengar ex Special Illustration Rare (#284), at 1,000.64 €.
Are Ascended Heroes chase cards printed in other languages?
Yes, the set is printed in several European languages. The prices on this page are for English copies in Near Mint condition, and other languages trade at their own prices.
How to follow their value without redoing the maths
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