The 7 Most Expensive Cards in SV: Paldean Fates (2024)

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“Paldean Fates” Secret Rares

For Paldean Fates packs, “Baby Shinies” and full art Shinies are found in the first reverse holo slot. Shiny Illustration Rares, Shiny Special Illustration Rares, and gold Ultra Rare cards are found in the second reverse holo slot. Full Art Supporters are in the regular holo slot.

“Paldean Fates” Secret Rares

For Paldean Fates packs, “Baby Shinies” and full art Shinies are found in the first reverse holo slot. Shiny Illustration Rares, Shiny Special Illustration Rares, and gold Ultra Rare cards are found in the second reverse holo slot. Full Art Supporters are in the regular holo slot.

That's the genius of Paldean Fates; Pokemon has found a way to add a type of rarity that's highly collectible and makes opening packs exciting for reasons that have nothing to do with their monetary value. Instead of being excited because you pulled a $100 check, it's exciting just for the joy of finding rare Pokemon.

Around 1-2% of Paldean Fates booster packs contain a Special Illustration Rare in the second Reverse Holo slot. Your odds of pulling Shiny Tera Charizard ex in any given pack of Paldean Fates are about a fifth of one percent (0.22%).

The Shiny Rare Pokemon (“Baby Shinies”) are the most common cards to pull at about 1 out of 4 packs. The full arts, shiny full arts, and Illustration Rares have similar pull rates at about 1 out of 15 packs. The Special Illustration Rares and gold Hyper Rares are the rarest, at about 1 out of every 60 packs.

The First Edition Shining Gyarados from Neo Revelation stands as the most expensive Pokémon card of 2024, commanding a remarkable market value and holding significant historical and sentimental value within the Pokémon card collecting community.

In the case of Paldean Fates, most of those cards will be reprints of existing cards from the Scarlet & Violet Series with new artwork depicting Shiny Pokémon.

Complete Reverse Holo Set - Paldean Fates - 81 Cards - Pokemon TCG.

Looks like Shiny Treasure is about $6.50 a pack to get to America from Japan while Paldean Fates is about $5.50 a pack. Shiny Treasures, though, has guaranteed hits in a booster box. With Shiny Treasure, it's so nice to get an Ex in every pack and to know you're going to get some shiny Pokemon every box.

Paldean Fates Elite Trainer Box

In addition to the at-value packs, you get a Shiny Mimikyu Promo, sleeves, energy, dice, and more! If you can make use of the extras, the Elite Trainer Box is the best value so far.

Will Paldean fates have god packs? ›

Opened all the new Paldean Fates tins and boxes tonight with the gf, and had a 151 binder that I had ordered thrown in the mix. Last pack of the night, and she got a god pack of Bulbasaur!

Tera Charizard ex is set to define the entire Scarlet & Violet Series, and as the rarest version of the card printed to date, Charizard ex 234/091 will be a massive chase card for collectors and players for quite a while.

Meltan and Melmetal are classified as Mythical Pokémon, one of the rarest categories of Pokémon that there is. While many Meltan were shown initially, these Meltan eventually merged with Ash's Meltan so it could evolve, creating the first known example of a Melmetal.

It should come as no surprise that the most expensive and sought-after card in the Pokemon Shining Fates expansion set is a Charizard card. More specifically the card that people are searching for in the newest set is the Charizard VMAX card which features a shiny Charizard in all of its black-scaled beauty.

Charizard VMAX (Full Art)

There isn't any debate that the best card in Shining Fates is Charizard VMAX. This card depicts Charizard in its Gigantimax form as its shiny variant. This card has the best artwork, the most expensive, and has the strongest base attack.