Shining Fates and its Shiny Vault explained
Pokémon's Shining Fates: its 73-card main list, the 122-card Shiny Vault mapped by number, what Pokémon's counts cover, and the products with their packs.
By the Rip.fan Editorial Team.
Published 8 min read
Shining Fates is a special expansion in Pokémon’s Sword & Shield series, released February 19, 2021. It comes in two lists: a main list of 73 cards, numbered to 72 with one more at 073, and the Shiny Vault, a subset of 122 cards numbered SV001 to SV122. Pokémon announced the set would feature more than 100 Shiny Pokémon on etched cards, among them nine Shiny Pokémon V and seven Shiny VMAX, and the vault’s V and VMAX block matches those two counts exactly. The two lists overlap little: only 24 of the 122 vault cards share a name with a card in the main list.
When did Shining Fates come out?
On February 19, 2021. Pokémon announced it on December 3, 2020 as a special expansion available around the world from that date, and its launch notice of February 19 said it was out at participating retailers. Two products came later: the Mini Tins and the Premium Collections, on March 5, 2021.
The set was inspired by Hidden Fates, a 2019 expansion that has a Shiny Vault list of its own on Rip.fan’s price pages. Rip.fan’s price pages give both Shining Fates lists the code SHF. Our guide to Pokémon card eras places the Sword & Shield series in the longer history.
What is in the main list?
Seventy-three cards. Cards 001 to 056 are Pokémon and 057 to 063 are Trainer cards. Then come Alcremie V at 064 and eight Supporters at 065 to 072, with Alcremie VMAX at 073, the only card above the printed total. By tier, with Holo Rare V and Holo Rare VMAX shown as Pokémon V and Pokémon VMAX:
| Tier | Cards | Numbers | What they are |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 18 | Within 001 to 052 | Pokémon |
| Uncommon | 13 | Within 005 to 063 | 8 Pokémon and 5 Trainer cards |
| Rare | 10 | Within 002 to 060 | 8 Pokémon and 2 Supporters |
| Holo rare | 5 | Within 030 to 056 | Pokémon |
| Amazing rare | 3 | 017, 021, 046 | Reshiram, Kyogre and Yveltal |
| Pokémon V | 7 | Within 018 to 054 | One card each for 7 Pokémon |
| Pokémon VMAX | 5 | Within 019 to 055 | One card each for 5 Pokémon |
| Ultra rare | 11 | 009, 010 and 064 to 072 | Dhelmise V and VMAX, Alcremie V and 8 Supporters |
| Secret rare | 1 | 073 | Alcremie VMAX, in rainbow foil |
A black circle marks a common, a black diamond an uncommon and a black star a rare. The three Amazing rares are the ones Pokémon announced as “three more Amazing Pokémon”, following the six in Vivid Voltage. Unlike Vivid Voltage, Chilling Reign or Fusion Strike, the main list has no block of full-art Pokémon V, and the V and VMAX cards of Dhelmise (009, 010) and Alcremie (064) are ultra rare in the middle of the numbering.
What is the Shiny Vault?
A subset of 122 cards with their own SV numbers, 120 of them in the Shiny rare tiers. The vault holds no Trainer or Energy cards. It runs in three parts:
| Numbers | Cards | What they are |
|---|---|---|
| SV001 to SV104 | 104 | Pokémon that are not V or VMAX, from Rowlet to Dubwool |
| SV105 to SV120 | 16 | 9 Pokémon V and 7 Pokémon VMAX |
| SV121 and SV122 | 2 | Eternatus V and Eternatus VMAX |
The first two parts are filed under Shiny rare tiers and the two Eternatus cards as secret rares; those are labels, and the Shiny cards have no rarity of their own. Every vault card is holo only.
How are the 104 regular vault cards ordered?
In blocks by type, in the same order as the main list’s Pokémon from 001 to 056, starting with Grass at SV001 and ending with Colorless at SV104:
| Numbers | Cards | First and last card |
|---|---|---|
| SV001 to SV014 | 14 | Rowlet to Appletun |
| SV015 to SV019 | 5 | Scorbunny to Centiskorch |
| SV020 to SV037 | 18 | Galarian Mr. Mime to Arctovish |
| SV038 to SV046 | 9 | Rotom to Arctozolt |
| SV047 to SV062 | 16 | Galarian Ponyta to Dragapult |
| SV063 to SV075 | 13 | Galarian Farfetch’d to Stonjourner |
| SV076 to SV085 | 10 | Koffing to Grimmsnarl |
| SV086 to SV092 | 7 | Galarian Meowth to Duraludon |
| SV093 to SV104 | 12 | Minccino to Dubwool |
Which V and VMAX cards are in the vault?
| Pokémon | Pokémon V | Pokémon VMAX |
|---|---|---|
| Rillaboom | SV105 | SV106 |
| Charizard | None | SV107 |
| Centiskorch | SV108 | SV109 |
| Lapras | SV110 | SV111 |
| Toxtricity | SV112 | SV113 |
| Indeedee | SV114 | None |
| Falinks | SV115 | None |
| Grimmsnarl | SV116 | SV117 |
| Ditto | SV118 | SV119 |
| Dubwool | SV120 | None |
| Eternatus | SV121 | SV122 |
Charizard VMAX at SV107 is the Shiny Charizard VMAX that Pokémon’s announcement singled out, and it is the only Charizard card in either list.
In card number order. Images from Scrydex.
How many Pokémon V and VMAX cards does the set have?
Across both lists the set has 34 Pokémon V and VMAX cards: 16 in the main list and 18 in the vault. The nine V and seven VMAX Shiny cards are exactly the cards at SV105 to SV120, so Eternatus V and VMAX at SV121 and SV122 come on top of those.
How much of the vault repeats the main list?
Little. Only 24 of the 122 vault cards share a name with a main-list card, among them the Rowlet, Grookey and Chewtle lines. Three of the 24 are V or VMAX cards: Ditto V and VMAX (050 and 051 in the main list, SV118 and SV119 in the vault) and Indeedee V (039 and SV114). Charizard VMAX and both Eternatus cards appear only in the vault, while Dhelmise, Cinderace, Morpeko, Crobat, Greedent, Cramorant and Alcremie have V cards only in the main list. Our guide to completing a Pokémon set shows how to check for subset pages like this one.
What products held Shining Fates packs?
Pokémon lists no booster box. Its products, from the most packs to the fewest:
| Product | On sale | Packs | Also inside |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elite Trainer Box | February 19, 2021 | 10 | Foil Eevee VMAX promo and accessories |
| Premium Collections, Shiny Crobat or Shiny Dragapult | March 5, 2021 | 7 | Foil promo of that Shiny V, foil and oversize promos of its Shiny VMAX, and a matching small accessory |
| Tins | February 19, 2021 | 6 in the US tins | Foil promo of Eldegoss V, Boltund V or Cramorant V |
| Collection, Pikachu V | February 19, 2021 | 4 | Foil Pikachu V promo and an oversize version |
| Mad Party Pin Collections | February 19, 2021 | 3 | Foil promo of Bunnelby, Dedenne, Galarian Mr. Rime or Polteageist, and a matching pin |
| Mini Tins | March 5, 2021 | 2 | A small accessory |
Neither list has an Eevee VMAX, a Pikachu V or a Dragapult V or VMAX, so those promos sit outside the set’s lists. Our guide to Pokémon promo cards explains how promos are marked and numbered, and our guides to Elite Trainer Boxes and Pokémon sealed products compare the formats.
How do you check Shining Fates card prices?
The two lists have separate pages in Rip.fan’s Pokémon price pages, one for the main list and one named Shining Fates Shiny Vault, each with number, rarity and NM market price. Sort the vault page by number to follow the blocks above. For one card, the card price lookup searches by name, set or number and shows which printing a price is for, and the price changes page compares prices between Rip.fan’s weekly checks.
These are past raw-card prices, and they say nothing about where prices go. If you plan to grade, our guide to deciding whether to grade a card covers the costs.
What should you check before buying?
- Main list or vault. Ditto VMAX is 051 in the main list and SV119 in the vault. Match the card number, including its SV prefix, to the card a listing describes.
- Which vault. Rip.fan’s pages print a Shining Fates vault number out of SV122, such as SV107/SV122, and a Hidden Fates vault number out of SV94, such as SV49/SV94.
- The finish. Every main-list card from 001 to 063 has a reverse holofoil version except the V, VMAX, Amazing rare and ultra rare cards, and the Professor’s Research Supporter at 060 also comes in a cosmos-pattern holo version.
- Sealed product and genuine cards. See our guides to spotting resealed Pokémon packs and spotting fake Pokémon cards.
The Pokémon hub has the rest of our coverage. Our Paldean Fates guide compares how the three Fates sets number their Shiny cards, and our guides to Vivid Voltage and Chilling Reign cover the sets around this one.
Frequently asked questions
Which Shining Fates card has the highest price?
Poké Kid (070/072), a Rare Ultra, led Shining Fates on October 21, 2026, with a Near Mint market price of $8.88. Skyla (072/072) followed at $8.68.
Which Shining Fates Rare Holo VMAX costs the most?
It was Ditto VMAX (051/072), at a Near Mint market price of $5.11 on October 21, 2026.
Which Amazing Rare in Shining Fates has the highest price?
Kyogre (021/072) had the highest Near Mint market price among the Shining Fates cards marked Amazing Rare on October 21, 2026, at $4.11.
What is the most valuable card in Shining Fates Shiny Vault?
On October 21, 2026, Charizard VMAX (SV107/SV122) had the highest Near Mint market price in Shining Fates Shiny Vault, at $113.74.