Perfect Order Chase Cards (Value + Rankings 2026)
A balanced set with no four-figure grail, which makes the rankings more interesting than usual.
By Misprint Editorial | Published Jun 30, 2026 | 5 min read
Most set guides start with the one card everyone wants. Perfect Order's most valuable card is a Meowth, which tells you this is not that kind of set.
Mega Evolution: Perfect Order launched worldwide on March 27, 2026, as the first set of the era rooted in Lumiose City and the Pokemon Legends: Z-A storyline. It introduced four brand new Mega Evolution Pokemon ex: Mega Zygarde ex, Mega Starmie ex, Mega Clefable ex, and Mega Skarmory ex. At 124 cards it is a mid-sized expansion, and it sits in a very different lane from the louder Charizard and Gengar sets around it.
This is our ranked breakdown of the set's top chase cards as of late June 2026. Prices are for raw (ungraded) near-mint copies unless noted, and modern set prices move as sealed supply opens and graded populations build, so check live numbers before you buy. For the deeper buy-or-hold analysis, our Perfect Order market guide covers the sealed-versus-singles math. New to the era? Start with our Mega Evolution ex explainer.
The Chase Card Rankings
| Rank | Card | Rarity | Approx. raw value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meowth ex | Special Illustration Rare | $150 to $170 |
| 2 | Mega Zygarde ex | Mega Hyper Rare (gold) | $140 to $150 |
| 3 | Mega Zygarde ex | Special Illustration Rare | $65 to $75 |
| 4 | Rosa's Encouragement | Special Illustration Rare | $60 to $70 |
| 5 | Mega Clefable ex | Special Illustration Rare | $55 to $65 |
| 6 | Mega Starmie ex | Special Illustration Rare | $55 to $75 |
The shape of this table tells the story. The set's most valuable card is around $160, which is a different universe from the $700-plus Mega Charizard X ex SIR in Phantasmal Flames or the four-figure Mega Gengar ex in Ascended Heroes. That lower ceiling doesn't make Perfect Order a bad set. It means the value is spread across several smaller engines rather than concentrated in one giant one.
1. Meowth ex SIR
The set's most valuable card, and it isn't a Mega. The Meowth ex Special Illustration Rare trades in the $150 to $170 range, having sold between $115 and $170 through the spring before settling at the top of the set. Its graded market runs hotter still, with PSA 10 copies performing among the strongest in the set. A cheeky, charming SIR of an original-151 icon beat out every headline Mega in the expansion, which is the kind of thing that keeps this hobby interesting.
2. Mega Zygarde ex Mega Hyper Rare
The gold version of the set's headline Mega lands at $140 to $150, and here's the unusual part: it outprices the same card's SIR by a factor of two. In most Mega-era sets the SIR leads and the gold follows. Perfect Order flips that, largely because the gold's pull rate (about 1 in 1,786 packs by published estimates) makes it the genuine scarcity play in a set without a monster chase.
3. Mega Zygarde ex SIR
The face of the Lumiose City storyline and the card on the box art, at $65 to $75. Zygarde carries the set's narrative hook, and among the four new Megas it has the clearest long-term collector case. It's just not the money card its headliner status would suggest, and anyone buying Perfect Order singles should know that going in.
4. Rosa's Encouragement SIR
Trainer SIRs have been a reliable value pocket across modern sets, and Rosa's Encouragement continues the pattern at $60 to $70. Character trainer cards attract a specific, loyal collector base, and they tend to hold demand steadily rather than spiking and crashing. A solid mid-tier target for binder builders.
5 and 6. Mega Clefable ex and Mega Starmie ex SIRs
The remaining Mega SIRs cluster in the $55 to $75 band. Neither Clefable nor Starmie carries Zygarde's storyline weight, but both are clean, attractive cards and a reasonable entry into the set's chase lineup for collectors on a budget. Starmie's range is the wider of the two; recent sales have straddled both ends of it.
Pull Rates: What You Are Actually Chasing
Published pull-rate estimates for Perfect Order reinforce why the singles route usually beats the packs route.
| Rarity | Estimated pull rate |
|---|---|
| Double Rare | about 1 in 5 |
| Ultra Rare | roughly 1 in 11 to 12 |
| Illustration Rare | roughly 1 in 18 |
| Special Illustration Rare (any) | about 1 in 81 |
| Special Illustration Rare (specific) | about 1 in 487 |
| Mega Hyper Rare | about 1 in 1,786 |
Is Perfect Order Worth Opening?
If the goal is a specific card, no. The expected cost of chasing anything here through packs runs well past just buying the single, and unlike a Charizard set, there's no lottery ticket in the rare slot big enough to change that math. The rational reasons to open Perfect Order are entertainment, content, or the genuine fun of the rip, and those are fine reasons as long as you account for them honestly.
There is one silver lining for openers: sealed Perfect Order is cheap. Booster boxes have been trading around $225 and ETBs near their $59.99 MSRP, so the cost of the fun is as low as it gets for a current-era set. The deeper framework is in our Perfect Order market guide, and the general case lives in whether sealed product is a good investment.
How Perfect Order Fits the Era
Perfect Order is the era's balance set. No Charizard, no Gengar, no Pikachu doing all the work; instead a Meowth outearning the headline Mega, a gold card outpricing its own SIR, and value spread across six cards instead of one.
That balance cuts both ways. The set doesn't collapse if one card cools, because no single card is carrying it. But it also may never get the social-media moment that pushes a Charizard set's sealed prices up quickly. A box led by a $160 chase card is a harder sell than a box led by a $700 one, and the sealed market has priced exactly that.
Should You Grade Your Perfect Order Hits?
Very selectively. The Meowth ex SIR is the clearest candidate, since its graded market meaningfully outruns its raw price. The Mega Zygarde ex gold is worth considering for the same reason. Below that, the math gets ugly fast, and mid-2026 grading economics make it worse: PSA's budget tiers are paused (cheapest open tier $79.99 per card), which puts most sub-$100 cards underwater on fees alone. Run the numbers with our is grading worth it guide before submitting anything.
The Bottom Line
Perfect Order is the Mega Evolution era's quiet set, and the rankings are more interesting for it: a Meowth on top at about $160, a gold Zygarde outpricing its own SIR, and a tight cluster of $55 to $75 cards behind them. If you want specific cards, buy singles and be picky about condition. If you want to open, the sealed product is cheap enough to make the fun affordable, just don't confuse it with an investment. And if you're weighing sealed for the long haul, entry price matters more here than for any louder set in the era, because there is no grail propping up the box.
