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The base set of Paldean Fates is 91 cards. The numbering runs to 245, and those 154 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 Paldean Fates cards.
In short. The signature card of Paldean Fates is Mew ex Special Illustration Rare (#232) at 800.64 €; the print that closes the numbering, meaning the hardest one to find, is one of the six Secret Rares, the most wanted of them at 15.21 €. The top three cards make up 65% of the total. Prices for English-language singles in Near Mint condition, 28 August 2026.
What is the rarest card in Paldean Fates?
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 Mew ex Special Illustration Rare (#232): it is worth 800.64 € and it is the most expensive card in Paldean Fates.
If you mean the hardest print to find, they are the six Secret Rares: Wo-Chien ex (#240), Chi-Yu ex (#241), Chien-Pao ex (#242), Miraidon ex (#243), Ting-Lu ex (#244) and Koraidon ex (#245). They close the numbering, the slot conventionally reserved for the prints that come out of packs least often, and the most wanted one costs 15.21 €.
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 Mew ex #232 sits 52.6 times above the most wanted of the closing prints.
Paldean Fates is a special set and does not work like the others: beyond the base set there are not a dozen prints, there are more than a hundred and fifty, and most of them are shiny. That is why the word chase means little here: the genuinely sought-after cards are a handful, and everything else is a shiny collection to fill cheaply.
Mew 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:
- #232, Special Illustration Rare: 800.64 €
- #216, Shiny Ultra Rare: 25.40 €
Its versions together are worth 826.04 €, which is 42% of every special print in the set, and between the dearest and the cheapest there is a 32x 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 eight Special Illustration Rares (#232-239)
These eight cards are worth 1,339.86 € together, from 7.74 € up to 800.64 € for Mew ex (#232). This is the tier holding most of the set's value: on its own it accounts for 69% of the total.
The 20 most expensive Shiny Rares (#092-210)
The tier holds 120 cards in all: these are the 20 dearest, and the other 100 all sit below 11.20 €. These are worth 491.70 € together, from 11.20 € up to 55.64 € for Pikachu (#131).
The six Secret Rares (#240-245)
These six cards are worth 66.47 € together, from 7.00 € up to 15.21 € for Koraidon ex (#245).
The twelve Shiny Ultra Rares (#212-223)
These twelve cards are worth 42.10 € together, from 0.50 € up to 25.40 € for Mew ex (#216). The internal spread is enormous, and below the first card it drops away fast: this tier is almost entirely completable for a few euros.
The three Illustration Rares (#224-226)
These three cards are worth 4.06 € together, from 0.26 € up to 2.42 € for Palafin (#225). The whole tier costs less than ten euros: completing it is the part of the job that takes no decisions at all.
The five Ultra Rares (#227-231)
These five cards are worth 2.97 € together, from 0.48 € up to 0.69 € for Clive (#227). The whole tier costs less than ten euros: completing it is the part of the job that takes no decisions at all.
What it costs to complete the Paldean Fates special prints
Bought one by one as singles, the 54 cards listed above cost 1,947.16 €. The other 100 left out of the lists all sit below 11.20 € each. The distribution matters more than the total:
- the top three cards are worth 65% of it
- the eight Special Illustration Rares are worth 1,339.86 €
- the 20 most expensive Shiny Rares are worth 491.70 €
- the six Secret Rares are worth 66.47 €
Put practically: without Mew ex #232 and Charizard ex #234, the rest costs around 838 €. No single card blocks the bill: this is a set you complete one piece at a time.
Frequently asked questions about Paldean Fates chase cards
How many chase cards does Paldean Fates have?
The base set is 91 cards and the numbering runs to 245, so the special prints are 154, across eight Special Illustration Rares, twenty Shiny Rares, six Secret Rares, twelve Shiny Ultra Rares, three Illustration Rares and five Ultra Rares.
What is the rarest card in Paldean Fates?
It depends what you mean. The signature card, the one the market pays most for, is Mew ex (#232) at 800.64 €. The print that closes the numbering, so the hardest to find, is one of the six Secret Rares, the most wanted of which costs 15.21 €. Pull rates are never published, so there is no official answer.
What is the most expensive card in Paldean Fates?
Mew ex Special Illustration Rare (#232), at 800.64 €.
Are Paldean Fates 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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