Paradox Rift card list, prices and set guide

Paradox Rift set overview

Paradox Rift is the fourth main set of the Scarlet & Violet series. It went on sale on 3 November 2023. The Build & Battle Box for prerelease events reached select retailers from 21 October, and the set arrived in Pokémon TCG Live on 2 November. It has 266 cards: a 182-card main list and 84 secret rares numbered 183/182 to 266/182.

The set is built around the Paradox Pokémon of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet and adds two new card labels, Ancient and Future. Each label has its own background on the right half of the card: layered rock for Ancient, pixels for Future. Ancient Pokémon tend to rely on big attacks; Future Pokémon lean on Abilities and extra effects. Roaring Moon ex and Sandy Shocks ex lead the Ancient side, Iron Valiant ex and Iron Hands ex the Future side, and each side has its own Booster Energy Capsule. The main list has 20 Pokémon ex. Seven of them are type-shifted Tera Pokémon ex, such as a Water-type Garchomp ex (038/182) and a Lightning-type Mewtwo ex (058/182). Technical Machines also return, now as Pokémon Tools, for the first time since Rising Rivals in 2009.

The English list combines the Japanese twin sets Ancient Roar and Future Flash with most of the Raging Surf subset and cards from the two Terastal Starter Sets. The changes are listed below.

• 266Cards
• 84Secret rares
• 222Pokémon
• 42Trainers
• 2Energy
• 120Illustrators

What changed from the Japanese sets

• Merged: Ancient Roar and Future Flash, released together in Japan, form the core of the set. Ancient Roar supplies the Ancient Pokémon and Future Flash the Future ones.
• Added from Raging Surf: 50 of the subset's 62 main cards and all 30 of its secret rares, including Garchomp ex (038/182), Tapu Koko ex (068/182), Gholdengo ex (139/182) and the Groudon Illustration Rare (199/182).
• Added from the Terastal Starter Sets: Mewtwo ex (058/182) and Skeledirge ex (137/182), with Natu, Xatu, Deoxys, Volcanion, Fuecoco and Crocalor. Neither ex has a secret rare version in the set.
• Moved to promos: the Scream Tail art rare from Ancient Roar and the Iron Bundle art rare from Future Flash became the Elite Trainer Box promos (SVP 065 and SVP 066). The regular Scream Tail and Iron Bundle are still in the main list.
• Left out: the gold Basic Darkness Energy and Basic Metal Energy; Maractus, Numel, Camerupt, Woobat, Swoobat, Clobbopus and Grapploct from Ancient Roar; Chimecho from Future Flash; and 12 Raging Surf cards, among them the Gastly line. Most came to English in Paldean Fates on 26 January 2024.
• Numbering: 182 main cards against 132 across the two Japanese sets, and 84 secret rares against 58.

Paradox Rift chase cards

The six cards below are the most expensive singles in the set by market price on 9 October 2026. The most expensive of all on that date was Groudon (199/182, Illustration Rare). Several of the set's headline cards are Illustration Rares rather than Special Illustration Rares: Groudon (199/182) by Nurikabe, Morpeko (206/182) by Yuu Nishida, and the Plusle (193/182) and Minun (194/182) pair by OKACHEKE. The Special Illustration Rares include Roaring Moon ex (251/182) by Ryota Murayama, Garchomp ex (245/182) by Oswaldo KATO and Altaria ex (253/182) by Jiro Sasumo. Tap a card to jump to it in the list.

1Groudon199/182 · IRNurikabe$105.44£79.772Morpeko206/182 · IRYuu Nishida$62.90£47.583Altaria ex253/182 · SIRJiro Sasumo$45.65£34.534Plusle193/182 · IROKACHEKE$45.29£34.265Minun194/182 · IROKACHEKE$45.16£34.166Steelix208/182 · IRnisimono$37.61£28.45

Paradox Rift card list

Every card in the set is below in set-number order, with its rarity, illustrator and market price. The secret rares start at 183/182: 34 Illustration Rares, 28 Ultra Rares, 15 Special Illustration Rares and seven gold Hyper Rares. Search by name, number, artist or rarity, or narrow the list with the type, rarity and price chips. The Own button marks a card as collected and saves the mark in your browser only.

Paradox Rift card prices

Market prices in US dollars, collected on 9 October 2026, with pounds at that day's rate (1 USD = 0.757 GBP). They are a snapshot, not live quotes. The bars show each card's price against the most expensive card in the set. The buy links are affiliate links and Bill's Archive earns a commission on qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

• $1,168.90£884.29One of every card
• 96%Of that value in the 84 secret rares
• 14%In the top two cards alone
• 34Cards at $10 or more
• 86Cards at $1 or more
• 180Bulk cards under $1

The last 90 days

• Top 20 cards combined$716.49−8% since 14 July 2026 ($778.81)
• Biggest riserMaushold ex233/182 · $13.13 → $19.95 (+52%)
• Biggest fallerSwablu213/182 · $31.29 → $21.60 (−31%)
• Most sales recordedGolisopod ex246/182 · 99 sales on TCGplayer

TCGplayer market prices for the set's 20 most valuable cards, every three days from 14 July 2026 to 9 October 2026. Risers and fallers need 3+ recorded sales and a $3+ price.

Prices by printing

TCGplayer market prices in US dollars by printing, from tcgcsv.com, collected on 9 October 2026. The headline price on each card is TCGplayer’s main listing for that card; the line under the card name splits it by printing. Holo and non-holo prints have their own rows. Rare vintage holos sell infrequently, so their market prices can lag behind recent sales.

The 15 most expensive singles

1. 1Groudon199/182 · IR · Nurikabe$105.44£79.77TCGplayer
2. 2Morpeko206/182 · IR · Yuu Nishida$62.90£47.58TCGplayer
3. 3Altaria ex253/182 · SIR · Jiro Sasumo$45.65£34.53TCGplayer
4. 4Plusle193/182 · IR · OKACHEKE$45.29£34.26TCGplayer
5. 5Minun194/182 · IR · OKACHEKE$45.16£34.16TCGplayer
6. 6Steelix208/182 · IR · nisimono$37.61£28.45TCGplayer
7. 7Garchomp ex245/182 · SIR · Oswaldo KATO$34.65£26.21TCGplayer
8. 8Mantyke189/182 · IR · rika$33.09£25.03TCGplayer
9. 9Roaring Moon ex251/182 · SIR · Ryota Murayama$32.88£24.87TCGplayer
10. 10Gholdengo ex252/182 · SIR · Akira Komayama$31.03£23.47TCGplayer
11. 11Yveltal205/182 · IR · Masako Tomii$29.15£22.05TCGplayer
12. 12Minior201/182 · IR · 0313$27.74£20.99TCGplayer
13. 13Golisopod ex246/182 · SIR · Oku$27.71£20.96TCGplayer
14. 14Aipom211/182 · IR · Yuka Morii$27.55£20.84TCGplayer
15. 15Joltik196/182 · IR · Atsushi Furusawa$25.06£18.96TCGplayer

Paradox Rift illustrators

120 illustrators are credited across the 266 cards, and 5ban Graphics has the most credits. The Special Illustration Rares are by Oswaldo KATO (Garchomp ex), Oku (Golisopod ex), Jerky (Tapu Koko ex), Toshinao Aoki (Iron Hands ex and Sandy Shocks ex), kantaro (Iron Valiant ex and Rika), Ryota Murayama (Roaring Moon ex and Professor Sada's Vitality), Akira Komayama (Gholdengo ex), Jiro Sasumo (Altaria ex), rika (Mela), En Morikura (Parasol Lady), Atsushi Furusawa (Professor Turo's Scenario) and Akira Egawa (Tulip). takuyoa drew the regular, Ultra Rare and gold Roaring Moon ex. N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated the pack art. Each tile leads with the artist's highest-value card in the set; the name links to their entry in the illustrator database.

5ban Graphics16 cards in the setMaushold ex · 233/182 · UR · $19.95

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takuyoa7 cards in the setRoaring Moon ex · 262/182 · HR · $6.76

Kouki Saitou7 cards in the setWo-Chien · 018/182 · R · $0.19

Oswaldo KATO6 cards in the setGarchomp ex · 245/182 · SIR · $34.65

PLANETA Mochizuki6 cards in the setIron Hands ex · 223/182 · UR · $2.07

Akira Komayama5 cards in the setGholdengo ex · 252/182 · SIR · $31.03

Souichirou Gunjima5 cards in the setToedscool · 016/182 · C · $0.25

kantaro4 cards in the setIron Valiant ex · 249/182 · SIR · $20.31

Shibuzoh.4 cards in the setVeluza · 192/182 · IR · $10.94

aky CG Works4 cards in the setIron Valiant ex · 261/182 · HR · $4.56

Toyste Beach4 cards in the setLuxurious Cape · 265/182 · HR · $2.74

Studio Bora Inc.4 cards in the setTechnical Machine: Evolution · 178/182 · U · $0.25

Japanese source: Ancient Roar + Future Flash +1

Japanese source setAncient Roar (古代の咆哮)Released 27 October 2023 · 95 cards · Paired with Future Flash.

Japanese source setFuture Flash (未来の一閃)Released 27 October 2023 · 95 cards · Paired with Ancient Roar.

Japanese source setRaging Surf (レイジングサーフ)Released 22 September 2023 · 92 cards · Its cards were split between Paradox Rift and Paldean Fates.

Paradox Rift draws on two Japanese expansions, a subset and two starter decks. Ancient Roar (古代の咆哮) and Future Flash (未来の一閃) came out together on 27 October 2023, a week before the English set, with 95 cards each (66 + 29 secret rares). Ancient Roar has no Lightning or Metal Pokémon and Future Flash has no Darkness Pokémon. The Raging Surf subset (レイジングサーフ), made for Sealed play, came out on 22 September 2023 with 92 cards. So did the two Terastal Starter Sets, built around Mewtwo ex and Skeledirge ex. Japanese secret rares use the AR, SR, SAR and UR labels, where the English set uses IR, UR, SIR and HR.

Paradox Rift products and sealed prices

The booster box, both Elite Trainer Boxes, the Booster Bundle and the blisters launched with the set on 3 November 2023. The Build & Battle Box came first, from 21 October 2023, for prerelease events. The Build & Battle Stadium, the Roaring Moon ex Box and the Iron Valiant ex Box followed on 17 November 2023. The two Elite Trainer Boxes have the same contents apart from the art and the promo: Scream Tail (SVP 065) with Roaring Moon, Iron Bundle (SVP 066) with Iron Valiant. The Pokémon Center versions were sold through the online Pokémon Center stores. Sealed prices are market prices from the same snapshot as the singles.

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Booster Box

36 booster packs

$283.10£214.17TCGplayer

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Elite Trainer Box: Roaring Moon

9 booster packs, a Scream Tail promo (SVP 065), 65 sleeves, 45 Energy and dice

$134.87£102.03TCGplayer

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Elite Trainer Box: Iron Valiant

9 booster packs, an Iron Bundle promo (SVP 066), 65 sleeves, 45 Energy and dice

$135.78£102.72TCGplayer

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Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box: Roaring Moon

11 booster packs and two Scream Tail promos, one with the Pokémon Center stamp

$221.17£167.32TCGplayer

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Pokémon Center Elite Trainer Box: Iron Valiant

11 booster packs and two Iron Bundle promos, one with the Pokémon Center stamp

$191.27£144.70TCGplayer

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Booster Bundle

6 booster packs

$90.60£68.54TCGplayer

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Build & Battle Box

4 booster packs and a 40-card deck with 1 of 4 promos (SVP 057 to 060)

$42.97£32.51TCGplayer

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Build & Battle Stadium

2 Build & Battle Boxes, 3 more booster packs, 121 Energy and dice. Released 17 November 2023

$94.93£71.82TCGplayer

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Booster Pack

One booster pack

$8.52£6.45TCGplayer

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Sleeved Booster Pack

1 booster pack in a hanging sleeve

$11.48£8.68TCGplayer

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3-Pack Blister

3 booster packs and a Cetitan or Arctibax promo (SVP 063 or 064); this price is the Arctibax version

$31.01£23.46TCGplayer

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Single Pack Blister

1 booster pack, a Pineco or Sinistea promo (SVP 061 or 062) and a jumbo Pikachu coin; this price is the Pineco version

$10.92£8.26TCGplayer

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Premium Checklane Blister

Paldea Evolved reprints of the Tinkaton or Hydreigon evolution line, with the Stage 2 card in Cosmos Holo, and a jumbo Pikachu coin; this price is the Hydreigon version

$34.67£26.23TCGplayer

Collector's notes

More Scarlet & Violet era set guides

Every English set of the Scarlet & Violet era in release order.

• Scarlet & Violet31 March 2023 · 258 cards
• Paldea Evolved9 June 2023 · 279 cards
• Obsidian Flames11 August 2023 · 230 cards
• Pokémon 15122 September 2023 · 207 cards
• Paradox Rift3 November 2023 · 266 cards
• Paldean Fates26 January 2024 · 245 cards
• Temporal Forces22 March 2024 · 218 cards
• Twilight Masquerade24 May 2024 · 226 cards
• Shrouded Fable2 August 2024 · 99 cards
• Stellar Crown13 September 2024 · 175 cards
• Surging Sparks8 November 2024 · 252 cards
• Prismatic Evolutions17 January 2025 · 180 cards
• Journey Together28 March 2025 · 190 cards
• Destined Rivals30 May 2025 · 244 cards
• Black Bolt18 July 2025 · 172 cards
• White Flare18 July 2025 · 173 cards

Previous English setPokémon 15122 September 2023Next English setPaldean Fates26 January 2024

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