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Storm Emeralda (set code M6) came out in Japan on 31 July 2026, and eleven days later the market has already picked its winner: Mega Rayquaza ex Gold #113 is worth 864.00 €. In the same set, with the same ability and the same attack, the normal print of that exact card is worth 5.00 €. Nearly one hundred and seventy-three times less.
We sorted every card in the set with a traceable price. These are real single-card prices in Japanese, Near Mint, the lowest available across sellers, updated on 11 August 2026. Graded copies are excluded, because they follow a separate market. If you want the wider picture first, here is the full card list and here are the chase cards with every illustration.
In short. Almost all of the value in Storm Emeralda sits on Mega Rayquaza ex. The Gold UR #113 leads at 864.00 €, followed by the Special Art Rare #110 at 430.80 € and, as a surprise, Raikou ex SAR #108 at 69.50 €, which beats even the Rayquaza Full Art. The top three cards are worth 81% of the set. Prices as of 11 August 2026.
The ranking: the 20 most expensive Storm Emeralda cards
These are the twenty most expensive cards in the set, and every one of them is worth at least 5 euro. The twentieth closes right on that figure, where Aarune #101 and Altaria #087 sit level with it: below 5 euro the set flattens out abruptly and the ranking stops answering the question.
Mega Rayquaza ex€864.00
Mega Rayquaza ex€430.80
Raikou ex€69.50
Mega Rayquaza ex€48.00
Zinnia's Trust€40.00
Kecleon€20.00
Kyogre€19.99
Mega Golisopod ex€19.00
Groudon€17.95
Mega Golurk ex€17.48
Zinnia's Trust€9.99
Aarune€9.98
Growlithe€9.50
Mega Malamar ex€9.50
Raikou ex€9.30
Tate & Liza's Training€7.00
Mega Golisopod ex€7.00
Emcee's Hype€6.00
Talonflame ex€6.00
Mega Rayquaza ex€5.00The gap at the top is brutal: the Gold #113 is worth twice the second card, twelve times the third and nearly one hundred and seventy-three times the twentieth, which happens to be the same Pokémon in its normal print. Add your cards to DarkDex and the value updates on its own, without redoing the maths at every swing.
How much is Mega Rayquaza ex from Storm Emeralda worth
It depends on which Mega Rayquaza ex you are holding, and that is why this set is the perfect textbook case. The same Pokémon exists in four prints inside one set, with four prices that look nothing alike:
- #113 Gold UR: 864.00 €, the gold card that closes the set
- #110 Special Art Rare: 430.80 €, the collector illustration
- #095 Full Art SR: 48.00 €, the classic full-art version
- #058 normal print: 5.00 €, the card you actually pull from packs
Buying all four costs 1,347.80 €, and 96% of that sits in the top two. Someone who opens a pack and reads the name Mega Rayquaza ex still knows nothing useful: it is either a 5 euro card or an 864 euro card, and the only thing that decides is the number printed at the bottom.
The ratio between the SAR #110 and the Full Art #095 is worth a look too: nine times, for two cards that are both full illustrations and both rare. This is the kind of distinction that destroys any estimate made by eye, and it is exactly what the DarkDex pricing engine keeps separate, variant by variant.
Storm Emeralda chase cards: SAR, SR and Gold
The chase cards are the 37 cards from number 077 to 113, split into four blocks that behave differently on the market:
- AR (077-088), twelve Art Rares: the cheap end, with three exceptions below
- SR (089-106), eighteen full-art cards across Pokémon, Trainers and Energy
- SAR (107-112), six Special Art Rares: this is where the real value sits
- Gold UR (113), a single card, and the most expensive in the set
The striking part is how strong the SARs are: all six are in the ranking, five of them inside the top ten. Six cards out of 113 numbers take the whole top of the list.
How much is Raikou ex SAR from Storm Emeralda worth
Raikou ex SAR #108 is worth 69.50 €, and it is the surprise of the set: it beats the Mega Rayquaza ex Full Art, which is the cover card, and it is worth almost double the second SAR in the ranking.
The internal comparison is instructive again. The same Raikou ex as a Full Art SR #092 costs 9.30 €, which is seven and a half times less. Two cards with the same name, the same mechanics and the same rarity tier, with prices that have nothing in common.
Why Raikou? Because it is a historically beloved legendary, and in this set it holds the only SAR that is not a Mega ex from the main line. When collector demand finds a single door, that door gets expensive.
The most expensive Storm Emeralda Art Rares
The twelve Art Rares are the entry tier of the set, and nearly all of them sit between 3 and 5 euro. Three break away clearly:
- Kecleon #088: 20.00 €
- Kyogre #080: 19.99 €
- Groudon #084: 17.95 €
The two Hoenn legendaries on top was predictable. Kecleon beating them was not, and it says something true about Japanese collecting: in the Art Rare tier people buy the illustration, not the Pokémon. Below that trio the ranking drops fast, with Growlithe #078 at 9.50 € and everything else under 5 euro.
The Trainer cards that hold their price
Zinnia's Trust SAR #112 is worth 40.00 €, the fifth card in the set, ahead of every Art Rare and every SR except the Mega Rayquaza ex. Its SR version #102 is worth 9.99, and Aarune follows the same pattern: SAR #111 at 9.98 € against SR #101 at 5.00 €.
It confirms a rule that holds across recent sets: Special Art Rare Trainers hold their price better than people expect, because fewer of them circulate and because players actually use them instead of leaving them in a binder.
The best Storm Emeralda cards by budget
If "best" means what to buy right now, the answer moves with the budget:
- under 10 euro: Zinnia's Trust SR (#102), Aarune SAR (#111), Growlithe AR (#078), Mega Malamar ex SR (#094) and Raikou ex SR (#092). Best illustration-to-price ratio in the whole set
- 15 to 25 euro: the three top Art Rares (Kecleon, Kyogre, Groudon) plus the two smaller SARs, Mega Golisopod ex (#107) and Mega Golurk ex (#109)
- 40 to 70 euro: Zinnia's Trust SAR (#112), Mega Rayquaza ex Full Art (#095) and Raikou ex SAR (#108)
- over 300 euro: the two Mega Rayquaza ex at the top, the cards the set is measured by
The twelve Art Rares remain the sanest target for anyone who wants to complete something without going broke: twelve cards is a reachable goal, thirty-seven is not.
How much does it cost to buy every Storm Emeralda chase card
Adding up the cheapest copy of each of the 37 chase cards gets you to roughly 1,685 €, and 1,364 € of that is the top three cards: 81% of the cost sits in three pieces out of thirty-seven.
Read the number for what it is. It is a sum of minimum prices from different sellers, so shipping goes on top in practice, and eight of the 37 chase cards sit under 3.50 € each, meaning they count for almost nothing in the total. It is a theoretical floor, not a quote.
For comparison, completing a full western set like Prismatic Evolutions costs 2,544 €, but that is 180 cards against 37.
When does Storm Emeralda come out in the west
Storm Emeralda is a Japanese set, and the prices in this article are Japanese card prices. The western release is expected on 6 November 2026 inside Delta Reign, the set that will bring these cards to English and the other western languages.
Two things to know before then. First, the western numbering will be different, so the Japanese Gold #113 will not carry the same number on the western card. Second, prices will restart from close to zero: a freshly released western set has an enormous print run and low prices in the first weeks, which is the best moment to buy and the worst to sell.
Heads up. Card prices move constantly, and on a set released eleven days ago they move more than usual: the first weeks are driven by stock, hype and mass box opening. The numbers in this article are a snapshot of the market on 11 August 2026, not a fixed price list.
How to keep an eye on them
On DarkDex you can add your Storm Emeralda cards to your collection and the value updates on its own, with price history and the portfolio total always in view. Every print stays separate from the others, so your Mega Rayquaza ex #113 never gets confused with the #058 that is worth nearly one hundred and seventy-three times less.
If you want to see every illustration before deciding what to hunt, the article on the Storm Emeralda chase cards shows them one by one, and the full card list covers the 76 base cards too.