{"id":6461,"date":"2026-10-05T01:22:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neokyo.com\/blog\/?p=6461"},"modified":"2026-10-05T01:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T01:22:06","slug":"destined-rivals-chase-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neokyo.com\/blog\/destined-rivals-chase-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Destined Rivals Chase Cards: Current Prices, Pull Rates, and Buying from Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Search for Destined Rivals chase cards and you’ll find lists naming anywhere from five to 20 cards, rarely the same list twice, and often no price attached to any of them. This guide starts with the numbers instead. Below you’ll find what every chase card in the set trades for right now, how to tell which version you pulled, what a booster box realistically gives you, and how the same cards are priced in Japan. Prices come from TCGplayer and were checked on September 22, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Released May 30, 2025. The set contains 244 cards: 001 to 182 make up the regular set, and the 62 cards numbered 183\/182 to 244\/182 are the secret rares. Each booster pack has 10 cards and one Basic Energy, and a booster display box holds 36 packs.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Every Destined Rivals Chase Card and What It Costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Card name<\/strong><\/td>Card number<\/strong><\/td>Rarity<\/strong><\/td>Market price (USD)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex<\/td>231\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$428.32<\/td><\/tr>
Cynthia’s Garchomp ex<\/td>232\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$220.87<\/td><\/tr>
Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex<\/td>230\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$150.06<\/td><\/tr>
Team Rocket’s Moltres ex<\/td>229\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$92.91<\/td><\/tr>
Team Rocket’s Nidoking ex<\/td>233\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$91.59<\/td><\/tr>
Team Rocket’s Crobat ex<\/td>234\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$61.02<\/td><\/tr>
Misty’s Psyduck<\/td>193\/182<\/td>Illustration Rare<\/td>$57.12<\/td><\/tr>
Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex<\/td>240\/182<\/td>Hyper Rare<\/td>$55.74<\/td><\/tr>
Ethan’s Adventure<\/td>236\/182<\/td>Special Illustration Rare<\/td>$34.73<\/td><\/tr>
Cynthia’s Garchomp ex<\/td>241\/182<\/td>Hyper Rare<\/td>$30.55<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Market prices from TCGplayer, checked September 22, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex 231\/182 leads the set at $428.32<\/strong>, nearly double the next most expensive card. Cynthia’s Garchomp ex 232\/182 follows at $220.87, then Ethan’s Ho-Oh ex 230\/182 at $150.06. Below that, prices bunch together. Team Rocket’s Moltres ex 229\/182 and Team Rocket’s Nidoking ex 233\/182 are within $2 of each other, at $92.91 and $91.59.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Team Rocket’s Crobat ex 234\/182 at $61.02, the table slides down to Cynthia’s Garchomp ex 241\/182 at $30.55. Collectors generally chalk those prices up to character popularity and full-art illustrations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Counts as a Chase Card in Destined Rivals?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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There’s no official definition of a chase card, so for this guide we’re drawing the line at a market price of $30. Ten cards clear it: seven Special Illustration Rares, two Hyper Rares, and one Illustration Rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That leaves 52 of the 62 secret rares below the line, running from $2.66 to $29.24. If you pulled a secret rare that isn’t in the table above, it’s worth less than $30 at current prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 62 break down into 23 Illustration Rares, 22 Ultra Rares, 11 Special Illustration Rares, and six Hyper Rares. Rarity alone doesn’t determine value<\/strong>. The cheapest Special Illustration Rare in the set, Team Rocket’s Ariana 237\/182, is $19.59, below several Illustration Rares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Tell Which Destined Rivals Chase Card You Pulled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A few details on the card tell you exactly what you pulled, no price guide needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2610 Is the card number higher than 182?
\u2610 How many stars are in the bottom-left corner, and are they gold or silver?
\u2610 Does the artwork run to the edges, and is the whole card gold?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check the Card Number and the Rarity Symbol<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The card number is printed as X\/182, and anything numbered 183 or higher is a secret rare<\/strong>. Cards numbered 182 or lower belong to the regular set, whatever the artwork looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rarity symbol is in the bottom-left corner. One gold star means an Illustration Rare, two gold stars a Special Illustration Rare, and three gold stars a Hyper Rare. Two silver stars mean an Ultra Rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The card itself backs up what the stars tell you. Illustration Rares have full-art illustrations that extend to the edges of the card. Special Illustration Rares add a textured foil finish, and Hyper Rares are gold from edge to edge, frame and border included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compare the Two Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex Versions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Destined Rivals has two cards called Team Rocket’s Mewtwo ex, and they’re nowhere near each other in value. Card 231\/182 is the Special Illustration Rare and card 240\/182 is the Hyper Rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On September 22, 2026, that meant $428.32 vs. $55.74, making the Special Illustration Rare worth roughly eight times as much. The all-gold treatment on 240\/182 lets you tell them apart at a glance, before you even check the number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destined Rivals Chase Card Pull Rates and Whether to Open a Box<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The TCGplayer Authentication Center opened more than 8,000 Destined Rivals booster packs to measure how often each rarity shows up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rarity<\/strong><\/td>Odds per pack (any card of this rarity)<\/strong><\/td>Odds of one specific card<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Special Illustration Rare<\/td>1 in 94<\/td>1 in 1,033<\/td><\/tr>
Hyper Rare<\/td>1 in 149<\/td>1 in 894<\/td><\/tr>
Ultra Rare<\/td>1 in 16<\/td>1 in 344<\/td><\/tr>
Illustration Rare<\/td>1 in 12<\/td>1 in 278<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Figures from the TCGplayer Authentication Center’s opening of more than 8,000 Destined Rivals booster packs, published May 30, 2025. The underlying rates carry 95% confidence intervals of \u00b10.17 to \u00b10.58 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Illustration Rares show up in 1.06% of packs, about 1 in 94, while any one specific card of that rarity drops to 0.10%, about 1 in 1,033. Hyper Rares work the other way around: as a group they’re harder to hit, at 0.67%, about 1 in 149, but a specific Hyper Rare shows up in 0.11% of packs<\/strong>, better odds than a specific Special Illustration Rare, because only six cards share that rarity, versus 11 Special Illustration Rares. Illustration Rares appear in 8.29% of packs and Ultra Rares in 6.39%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiply those rates by the 36 packs in a box and one box averages about 0.4 Special Illustration Rares, 0.2 Hyper Rares, 3.0 Illustration Rares, and 2.3 Ultra Rares. Divide the odds for a specific card by 36, and you’d need to open about 29 boxes on average to pull the Special Illustration Rare you want, about 25 for a Hyper Rare, and about eight for an Illustration Rare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At about $390 a box on StockX, even the best-case scenario \u2014 about eight boxes for an Illustration Rare \u2014 runs around $3,100, while Misty’s Psyduck, the only Illustration Rare on the list, sells for $57.12 as a single. For every card on this list, buying the single beats opening packs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destined Rivals Chase Cards in Japanese: Glory of Team Rocket and Heat Wave Arena<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Destined Rivals didn’t exist as one set in Japan. Its cards came from two Japanese releases, and the same artwork carries a different price there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n