Pokémon TCG · 2021 Set Guide
Fusion Strike Set Guide
The largest Sword & Shield set, 284 cards, built around the new Fusion Strike style and Mew VMAX. Its alternate-art Gengar VMAX is worth three times the next card.
Overview
Fusion Strike is the eighth Sword & Shield expansion: 264 cards up to the printed total and 20 secret rares above it (265 to 284), the most cards of any set in the series.
It added a third style, Fusion Strike, beside Single Strike and Rapid Strike. Mew VMAX's Cross Fusion Strike uses the attacks of your Benched Fusion Strike Pokémon, and Fusion Strike Energy, Power Tablet and Cross Switcher support it. Most of the set's value sits in a few alternate-art VMAX: the top three cards are 72% of the total.
Cards and rarities
Fusion Strike has 284 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "001/264", next to the set code FST.
The printed total is 264, so the 20 cards from 265 to 284 are secret rares. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →
Headline Pokémon
A Pokémon V gives up two Prize cards when Knocked Out, and a Pokémon VMAX three. Three of this set's VMAX:
Mew VMAX
Fusion Strike #114
310 HP Fusion Strike VMAX. Cross Fusion Strike uses one of your Benched Fusion Strike Pokémon's attacks; Max Miracle does 130, unaffected by effects.
Gengar VMAX
Fusion Strike #157
320 HP Single Strike VMAX. Fear and Panic does 60 for each of your opponent's Pokémon V and Pokémon-GX in play.
Chandelure VMAX
Fusion Strike #40
320 HP VMAX. Cursed Shimmer: while it is in the Active Spot, your opponent can't play Pokémon Tool cards.
Trainers worth knowing
Two Items from the set:
The chase card: Gengar VMAX
Fusion Strike's chase card is Gengar VMAX, numbered 271/264, a Rare Rainbow, illustrated by sowsow, at $1,027.32 on October 22, 2026.
The Rare Rainbow Espeon VMAX (270/264) was second at $341.17 and the Rare Rainbow Mew VMAX (269/264) third at $234.57.
Gengar VMAX is printed twice in Fusion Strike. The Rare Holo VMAX (157/264) was $41.49.
Every Gengar VMAX in Fusion Strike
| Version | Number | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Rare Holo VMAX | 157/264 | $41.49 |
| Rare Rainbow | 271/264 | $1,027.32 |
Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →
Chase cards and prices
The alternate-art Gengar VMAX leads by about three times, then the alternate-art Espeon VMAX and Mew VMAX.
| Card | Rarity | Market price, October 22, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gengar VMAX | Rare Rainbow | $1,027.32 |
| Espeon VMAX | Rare Rainbow | $341.17 |
| Mew VMAX | Rare Rainbow | $234.57 |
| Mew V | Rare Ultra | $102.08 |
| Mew VMAX | Rare Rainbow | $93.18 |
| Celebi V | Rare Ultra | $80.54 |
| Gengar VMAX | Rare Holo VMAX | $41.49 |
These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 22, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →
What a complete set costs
One copy of every card in Fusion Strike, bought as singles, cost $2,230.35 on October 22, 2026. That is the third most expensive of the seventeen sets in the Sword & Shield series.
The three most valuable cards, Gengar VMAX, Espeon VMAX and Mew VMAX, come to $1,603.06, or 72% of the total. Without them the set costs $627.29. Of the 284 cards, 244 were under $2.00, together $65.45; the other 40 add up to $2,164.90.
Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil where both exist, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.
Playing it
Fusion Strike cards carry the D and E regulation marks, and Standard has allowed only H, I and J since April 10, 2026, so none is Standard-legal as printed, apart from its basic Energy cards. Every card in Fusion Strike is legal in Expanded, which takes every set from Black & White on.
A reprint with a legal mark makes older printings of the same card legal again, so check a card's name before you rule it out.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Fusion Strike release?
November 12, 2021. Its set code is FST.
How many cards are in Fusion Strike?
284. The printed total is 264, and the 20 cards numbered above it are secret rares.
What is the most valuable Fusion Strike card?
The Rare Rainbow Gengar VMAX (271/264), at $1,027.32 on October 22, 2026, ahead of the Rare Rainbow Espeon VMAX (270/264) at $341.17. Prices move daily, so check each card's page for the current figure.
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