GX Ultra Shiny

GX Ultra Shiny (2018) is the Japanese source of Hidden Fates: a 150 card high class pack plus 100 secret Shiny Pokémon, led by the Shiny Charizard GX.

Japanese release: November 2, 2018
Cards: 150 plus 100 secret rares
Set code: SM8b
Era: Sun & Moon
Known for: The Shiny Charizard GX, Rayquaza GX and Umbreon GX, 100 secret cards, ten card packs and a 375 card master set
Updated: September 20, 2026
Prices as of: October 20, 2026

Values

Tracked cards
252
Variants
33
Raw cards over $100
5
Median raw price
$4.97
Booster box
$905.37

Chase cards

Charizard GX

No. 209 · Ultra Rare

Raw $569.11 · PSA 9 $554.03 · PSA 10 $1,845.23

Rayquaza GX

No. 240 · Ultra Rare

Raw $259.11 · PSA 9 $424.00 · PSA 10 $1,462.24

Umbreon GX

No. 229 · Ultra Rare

Raw $285.00 · PSA 9 $180.97 · PSA 10 $902.81

Mimikyu

No. 95 · None

Raw $31.02 · PSA 9 $41.00 · PSA 10 $455.00

Cubone

No. 53 · None

Raw $45.24 · PSA 9 $65.00 · PSA 10 $435.84

Sylveon GX

No. 238 · Ultra Rare

Raw $157.66 · PSA 9 $175.00 · PSA 10 $419.99

Greninja GX

No. 216 · Ultra Rare

Raw $78.47 · PSA 9 $106.99 · PSA 10 $392.50

Mewtwo GX

No. 219 · Ultra Rare

Raw $98.50 · PSA 9 $100.60 · PSA 10 $374.80

Cynthia

No. 153 · Ultra Rare

Raw $186.76 · PSA 9 $220.00 · PSA 10 $323.50

Espeon GX

No. 220 · Ultra Rare

Raw $92.90 · PSA 9 $134.70 · PSA 10 $315.50

Darkrai GX

No. 230 · Ultra Rare

Raw $61.33 · PSA 9 $52.00 · PSA 10 $293.33

Stakataka GX

No. 236 · Ultra Rare

Raw $11.30 · PSA 9 $10.50 · PSA 10 $272.00

Alolan Marowak

No. 40 · None

Raw $19.95 · PSA 9 $61.37 · PSA 10 $255.00

Eevee

No. 201 · Ultra Rare

Raw $58.90 · PSA 9 $92.00 · PSA 10 $252.50

Quagsire

No. 24 · None

Raw $19.95 · PSA 9 $48.87 · PSA 10 $236.79

Charizard GX #209 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $569.11, PSA 9 $554.03 and PSA 10 $1,845.23.

Rayquaza GX #240 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $259.11, PSA 9 $424.00 and PSA 10 $1,462.24.

Umbreon GX #229 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $285.00, PSA 9 $180.97 and PSA 10 $902.81.

Mimikyu #95 (None) trades at raw $31.02, PSA 9 $41.00 and PSA 10 $455.00.

Cubone #53 (None) trades at raw $45.24, PSA 9 $65.00 and PSA 10 $435.84.

Sylveon GX #238 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $157.66, PSA 9 $175.00 and PSA 10 $419.99.

Greninja GX #216 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $78.47, PSA 9 $106.99 and PSA 10 $392.50.

Mewtwo GX #219 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $98.50, PSA 9 $100.60 and PSA 10 $374.80.

Cynthia #153 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $186.76, PSA 9 $220.00 and PSA 10 $323.50.

Espeon GX #220 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $92.90, PSA 9 $134.70 and PSA 10 $315.50.

Darkrai GX #230 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $61.33, PSA 9 $52.00 and PSA 10 $293.33.

Stakataka GX #236 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $11.30, PSA 9 $10.50 and PSA 10 $272.00.

Alolan Marowak #40 (None) trades at raw $19.95, PSA 9 $61.37 and PSA 10 $255.00.

Eevee #201 (Ultra Rare) trades at raw $58.90, PSA 9 $92.00 and PSA 10 $252.50.

Quagsire #24 (None) trades at raw $19.95, PSA 9 $48.87 and PSA 10 $236.79.

Sealed products

Booster Box

The Japanese display of GX Ultra Shiny packs, the benchmark sealed product for the set.

Live price: $905.37

Booster Pack

Single ten card GX Ultra Shiny packs.

Live price: $197.49

Category	Name	Price
booster pack	Booster Pack	$197.49
booster box	Booster Box	$905.37

About GX Ultra Shiny

What GX Ultra Shiny is

GX Ultra Shiny, the High Class Pack GX Ultra Shiny, is the twelfth subset of the Japanese Sun & Moon era, released on November 2, 2018 with the set code SM8b as an enhancement of the eighth main expansion, Super-Burst Impact. It has 150 cards in the numbered set plus 100 secret cards, 250 in total, and at release it was the largest set in any language until Shiny Star V passed it. It is the Japanese source of the English Hidden Fates of August 23, 2019 and its Shiny Vault.

Its secret cards are the point: full art Supporters from Aether Foundation Employee 151 to 160, Shiny Pokémon in a new S rarity from Scyther 161 to Type: Null 205, Shiny Pokémon-GX in a new SSR rarity from Leafeon GX 206 to Drampa GX 243 and gold prints of the four Tapu, Lunala GX, Solgaleo GX and Ultra Necrozma GX from 244 to 250. Every card without a rarity symbol also has a Reverse Cracked Ice Holofoil parallel, so the master set runs to 375 cards, and each pack held ten cards instead of five.

What makes GX Ultra Shiny different

Shiny Charizard GX The Shiny Charizard GX 209 is the most valuable card in the set in PSA 10, with the Shiny Rayquaza GX 240 close behind and the Shiny Umbreon GX 229 third.
100 secrets With 100 secret cards on top of 150 numbered cards, GX Ultra Shiny was the largest set in any language when it released, and its parallels push a master set to 375 cards.
Reverse holo commons on top The Reverse Cracked Ice Mimikyu 95, Cubone 53 and Quagsire 24 rank in the set's top fifteen in PSA 10, parallels of ordinary cards outranking most of the Shiny GX.

How GX Ultra Shiny arrived

GX Ultra Shiny released in Japan on November 2, 2018, four weeks after Dark Order on October 5, 2018 and five weeks before Tag Bolt on December 7, 2018 opened the TAG TEAM block. Its cards reached English on August 23, 2019 as Hidden Fates, whose Shiny Vault reprinted the Shiny Pokémon with SV numbers and was sold only in branded merchandise. The Japanese set is tracked here as its own hub because its S and SSR prints are the first prints of the Shiny cards.

GX Ultra Shiny products

GX Ultra Shiny was sold in ten card Japanese booster packs and booster boxes. The sealed table above tracks both.

Collecting and grading GX Ultra Shiny

Charizard GX 209 leads the set in PSA 10, with Rayquaza GX 240 second, then Umbreon GX 229, the Reverse Cracked Ice Mimikyu 95 and Cubone 53, Sylveon GX 238, Mewtwo GX 219, Greninja GX 216 and the full art Cynthia 153. The live chase list above ranks every tracked card by PSA 10 value.

Japanese print quality keeps PSA 10 rates high, so graded premiums are modest and concentrate on the Shiny Charizard, Rayquaza and Umbreon GX and the full art Cynthia, while the Reverse Cracked Ice parallels of common Pokémon are scarce enough to reach the top fifteen. Sealed GX Ultra Shiny is scarce, and the sealed table above tracks what boxes and packs trade for today.

Notable cards

Charizard GX #209

shiny ssr gx charizard

The Shiny Charizard GX in its SSR print, the most valuable card in GX Ultra Shiny in PSA 10.

Raw $569.11 · PSA 9 $554.03 · PSA 10 $1,845.23

Rayquaza GX #240

shiny ssr gx

The Shiny Rayquaza GX, second in the set in PSA 10 and the black Rayquaza of the Shiny run.

Raw $259.11 · PSA 9 $424.00 · PSA 10 $1,462.24

Umbreon GX #229

shiny ssr gx

The Shiny Umbreon GX, a top three card in the set in PSA 10.

Raw $285.00 · PSA 9 $180.97 · PSA 10 $902.81

Sylveon GX #238

shiny ssr gx

The Shiny Sylveon GX, a top six card in the set in PSA 10 and the Fairy Eeveelution of the Shiny run.

Raw $157.66 · PSA 9 $175.00 · PSA 10 $419.99

Mewtwo GX #219

shiny ssr gx

The Shiny Mewtwo GX, a top seven card in the set in PSA 10 among the SSR cards.

Raw $98.50 · PSA 9 $100.60 · PSA 10 $374.80

Cynthia #153

full art supporter

The full art Cynthia by Yusuke Ohmura, the set's chase Supporter and a top ten card in PSA 10.

Raw $186.76 · PSA 9 $220.00 · PSA 10 $323.50

Timeline

2018-10-05: Dark Order releases in Japan
2018-11-02: GX Ultra Shiny releases in Japan
2018-12-07: Tag Bolt opens the TAG TEAM block in Japan
2019-08-23: English Hidden Fates releases

Set composition

Rarity breakdown

Pokemon type mix

Illustrators in this set

5ban Graphics: 60
Ken Sugimori: 11
Masakazu Fukuda: 9
Toyste Beach: 9
Megumi Mizutani: 8
Shin Nagasawa: 8
Kagemaru Himeno: 7
Kouki Saitou: 7
Anesaki Dynamic: 6
kawayoo: 6
Kyoko Umemoto: 6
Misa Tsutsui: 5

Full card checklist

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Number	Name	Variant	Rarity	Artist	Raw	PSA 9	PSA 10
1	Bulbasaur	Standard	None	Mizue	$11.50	$20.91	$127.58
1	Bulbasaur	[Reverse Holo]	None	Mizue	$31.23	$27.97	No current price
2	Ivysaur	Standard	None	Kouki Saitou	$5.12	$18.00	$98.67
3	Venusaur	Standard	None	Eske Yoshinob	$4.17	$28.00	$105.18
4	Exeggcute	Standard	None	Yuka Morii	$3.00	$27.99	$98.83
5	Mow Rotom	Standard	None	kawayoo	$3.99	$20.50	$71.00
6	Shaymin Prism Star	Standard	Rare Holo	kawayoo	$4.85	$33.65	$89.99
7	Wimpod	Standard	None	Kagemaru Himeno	$2.63	No current price	No current price
8	Golisopod GX	Standard	Double rare	5ban Graphics	$2.27	$10.00	$18.50
9	Pheromosa	Standard	None	You Iribi	$3.93	$21.58	$125.00
10	Slugma	Standard	None	Midori Harada	$2.82	$23.76	$90.09
11	Magcargo	Standard	None	Midori Harada	$3.12	$35.22	$110.00
12	Torchic	Standard	None	Kouki Saitou	$8.28	$27.52	$271.83
13	Combusken	Standard	None	Ken Sugimori	$3.61	$22.85	$102.00
14	Blaziken	Standard	None	Kouki Saitou	$3.63	$26.73	$90.00
14	Blaziken	[Reverse Holo]	None	Kouki Saitou	$13.85	No current price	$134.66
15	Heat Rotom	Standard	None	Shin Nagasawa	$2.49	No current price	No current price
15	Heat Rotom	[Reverse Holofoil]	None	Shin Nagasawa	$4.27	$14.00	$83.99
16	Heatmor	Standard	None	Ken Sugimori	$5.00	No current price	$46.00
17	Reshiram	Standard	None	TOKIYA	$2.87	$10.63	$70.89
17	Reshiram	[Reverse Holo]	None	TOKIYA	$19.95	$24.50	$39.00
18	Reshiram GX	Standard	Double rare	PLANETA Otani	$4.88	$23.00	$60.13
19	Fennekin	Standard	None	Atsuko Nishida	$4.45	$36.48	$121.76
19	Fennekin	[Reverse Holo]	None	Atsuko Nishida	$4.95	$8.00	$208.70

Collector guides

Best Graded Mimikyu Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Mimikyu Cards

Best Graded Zoroark Cards: Collector & Investor Guide

Pokemon posts

Best Graded Charizard Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Charizard Cards, Best Graded Rayquaza Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Rayquaza Cards, Best Graded Umbreon Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Umbreon Cards, Best Graded Mimikyu Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Mimikyu Cards, Best Graded Cubone Cards: Collector & Investor Guide, Best Graded Sylveon Cards: The 10 Best and Most Expensive Sylveon Cards

Counterpart sets

English release: Hidden Fates (August 23, 2019)

Related sets

Previous: Dark Order. Next: Tag Bolt. All sets

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GX Ultra Shiny FAQ

When did GX Ultra Shiny come out?

GX Ultra Shiny released in Japan on November 2, 2018. Its cards reached English in Hidden Fates and its Shiny Vault on August 23, 2019.

How many cards are in GX Ultra Shiny?

150 cards in the numbered set plus 100 secret cards, 250 in total, with a 375 card master set once the Reverse Cracked Ice Holofoil parallels are counted, sold in ten card packs.

What are the chase cards in GX Ultra Shiny?

The Shiny Charizard GX 209 leads in PSA 10, followed by Rayquaza GX 240, Umbreon GX 229, the Reverse Cracked Ice Mimikyu 95 and Cubone 53 and Sylveon GX 238. The live chase list above ranks every tracked card by PSA 10 value.

What is the most expensive card in GX Ultra Shiny?

The highest value card currently tracked for GX Ultra Shiny is Charizard GX #209 at $1,845 in PSA 10.

How much is a GX Ultra Shiny booster box?

A sealed GX Ultra Shiny booster box currently tracks at $905. Packs are listed in the sealed table above.

Is GX Ultra Shiny the same as Hidden Fates?

It is the Japanese source. Hidden Fates combined GX Ultra Shiny with other Japanese products and moved the Shiny Pokémon into a Shiny Vault with SV numbers, sold only in branded merchandise, so the two are tracked as separate hubs.

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