Paldean Fates Set Guide

Overview

Paldean Fates is a special set in the Scarlet & Violet series, numbered sv4pt5 in the catalog between Paradox Rift and Temporal Forces. It is the first Scarlet & Violet set with Shiny Pokémon: 120 Shiny Rares and 12 Shiny Ultra Rares, numbered 092 to 223, all above the printed total of 91.

Its main set reprints Pokémon ex players already knew, Charizard ex and Gardevoir ex among them. The shinies are what make it a collector's set.

Cards and rarities

Paldean Fates has 245 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "001/091", next to the set code PAF.

The printed total is 91, so the 154 cards from 092 to 245 are secret rares, more than three in five of the set. 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

The Pokémon ex to know, each giving up two Prize cards when Knocked Out:

Charizard ex

Paldean Fates #54

330 HP Stage 2. Infernal Reign attaches up to 3 Basic Fire Energy from your deck when it evolves; Burning Darkness does 180 plus 30 for each Prize card your opponent has taken.

Gardevoir ex

Paldean Fates #29

Psychic Embrace attaches Basic Psychic Energy from your discard pile to your Psychic Pokémon as often as you like, 2 damage counters each time; Miracle Force does 190.

Mew ex

Paldean Fates #216

Printed here only as a Shiny Ultra Rare and a Special Illustration Rare. Restart draws you up to 3 cards in hand; Genome Hacking copies your opponent's Active Pokémon's attack.

Trainers worth knowing

The Supporter the set reprinted at Special Illustration Rare:

Iono

Paldean Fates #80

Each player puts their hand on the bottom of their deck and draws a card for each of their remaining Prize cards.

The chase card: Mew ex

Mew ex

Paldean Fates #232

Rarity Special Illustration Rare

Card number 232/091

Market price, October 1, 2026 $869.40

Illustrator USGMEN

The Mew ex Special Illustration Rare, illustrated by USGMEN, is Paldean Fates' chase card, at $869.40 on October 1, 2026. It is the most valuable card from any 2024 set in these guides.

It leads by a long way. The Charizard ex Special Illustration Rare was second at $263.20, about a third of Mew ex's price, and the Gardevoir ex Special Illustration Rare third at $166.89. The most valuable shiny, Pikachu, was $73.95.

Mew ex is printed twice in the set, both times above the printed total. Its Shiny Ultra Rare was $30.88.

Every Mew ex in Paldean Fates

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

Three Special Illustration Rares, then the shinies. Shiny Pikachu, Snorlax, Mimikyu and Charmander fill out the list.

These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on October 1, 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 Paldean Fates, bought as singles, cost $2,541.58 on October 1, 2026. That is the most expensive of the six sets released in 2024.

The three most valuable cards, Mew ex, Charizard ex and Gardevoir ex, come to $1,299.49, or 51% of the total. Without them the set costs $1,242.09. Of the 245 cards, 103 were under $2.00, together $31.07; the other 142 add up to $2,510.51.

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

Every Paldean Fates card carries the G regulation mark, which left Standard on April 10, 2026, so the set as printed is no longer Standard-legal. It is still legal in Expanded.

A reprint with a legal mark makes older printings of the same card legal again, so a Paldean Fates card whose name has been reprinted since can still be played. Check the card's name, not just its mark.

Standard, Expanded and deck building rules →

Frequently Asked Questions