Crown Zenith Chase Cards: 4 Binder Routes Beyond a Ranking
Crown Zenith's best chases are the cards that finish a collecting idea when the price column is covered.
The best Crown Zenith chase cards are not one tidy price ladder. They are four finished collection ideas: the four gold Galarian Gallery VSTARs, the nine-card connected illustration, the Leafeon and Glaceon VSTAR pair, and the Mewtwo-versus-Charizard battle pair. Pick the route you would still want if every price label disappeared.
Here, chase means collector-significant or visually defining, not whatever happens to be first in a current market order. Crown Zenith has over 160 cards and a 70-card Galarian Gallery, so a general top-ten list can name good cards without telling a binder what it is trying to become. Use the Crown Zenith set page and Galarian Gallery checklist to confirm exact printings while you build.
- Four-card statement: Arceus, Giratina, Dialga, and Palkia gold VSTARs.
- Complete 3x3 page: the connected illustration from Riolu
GG26to MareepGG34. - Quiet pair: Leafeon VSTAR
GG35and Glaceon VSTARGG40. - Story pair: Mewtwo VSTAR
GG44with Charizard VSTAR019/159.
Why Crown Zenith needs routes, not a ranking
The Pokémon Company describes Crown Zenith as a finale expansion with more than 160 cards, including 3 Radiant Pokémon, 5 Pokémon VMAX, 8 Pokémon VSTAR, 17 Pokémon V, and the 70-card Galarian Gallery. That is enough material for several distinct visual languages.
The useful question is not “which card outranks the next?” It is “what rule makes this page look deliberate?” A complete route gives every pocket a reason to be there. A ranking gives you a spreadsheet with a few empty sleeves around it. If card names blur together, the set-symbol guide is a useful reminder that the collector number is the part that does not get sentimental.
Route 1: the four gold Galarian Gallery VSTARs
Arceus VSTAR GG70, Giratina VSTAR GG69, Origin Forme Dialga VSTAR GG68, and Origin Forme Palkia VSTAR GG67 are a finished quartet. They share the gold treatment, VSTAR designation, and the final four Galarian Gallery numbers. In exact number order, the page has a clear ending rather than a vague premium-card shelf.
Four final-number Galarian Gallery cards, best filed in exact collector-number order.
This is the route for a collector who wants rarity to organize the page without turning the whole binder into a market board. Four cards is small enough to finish, and the sequence is built into the numbers. All four are illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA, whose gold frames turn each legendary silhouette into part of the same visual language while the individual poses keep the quartet from reading as four copies of one card.
Route 2: the connected nine-card Galarian Gallery page
Riolu GG26 through Mareep GG34 make Crown Zenith's strongest 3x3 because the illustrations physically connect. The official Galarian Gallery feature calls out the nine-card connected illustration; this is not a fan theory created after adjacent pockets looked unusually good.
Keep the cards in exact number order: the image is the argument.
Do not optimize this page by character fame. The small Pokémon are doing a collective job: one continuous scene that rewards someone for opening the binder. The official Galarian Gallery feature confirms the connection, and the concrete visual payoff is the uninterrupted movement from one pocket to the next. Remove one and the page becomes a story with a missing sentence.
Route 3: Leafeon and Glaceon as a quiet pair
Leafeon VSTAR GG35 and Glaceon VSTAR GG40 are a compact alternative for collectors who like the Galarian Gallery's painterly, domestic side more than its loudest finishes. Their shared Eeveelution identity and complementary natural palettes do the joining.
Two Galarian Gallery Eeveelutions that read as companions without needing a full family page.
Two cards can be a project when the pairing supplies contrast: leafy warmth beside snowy stillness. Jiro Sasumo gives Leafeon a dense, living setting, while Gemi gives Glaceon a cleaner, cooler field around its figure. A pair that knows why it is a pair does not need seven more cards to prove it is serious.
Route 4: Mewtwo and Charizard, two perspectives on one battle
Mewtwo VSTAR GG44 shows the battle from Mewtwo's side; Crown Zenith Charizard VSTAR 019/159 gives Charizard the answering view. Together they are a two-card story. One card comes from the Galarian Gallery and the other from the main set, which is precisely why the pair works.
Mewtwo and Charizard show the same fight from opposing sides of Crown Zenith.
Place them together, not in separate rarity sections. GOSSAN's Mewtwo looks into the confrontation from one side, while 5ban Graphics gives Charizard the answering angle and a more forceful, effects-heavy frame. The numbers are less important than that conversation between the artworks. This route lets a page contain an event rather than a filing system.
- Name the finish line: four gold cards, one complete 3x3, a two-card pair, or a battle scene.
- Write exact collector numbers: especially where a character appears in both the main set and Galarian Gallery.
- Keep connected art in number order: GG26 to GG34 loses its point if reorganized by favorite Pokémon.
- Give a pair a visual reason: shared character family, palette, or narrative, not just two cards you own.
- Track the project: a BinderDex collection tracker keeps the finish line visible.
FAQ
What are the main Crown Zenith chase cards?
Start with the four gold Galarian Gallery VSTARs, the connected Riolu-to-Mareep illustration page, Leafeon and Glaceon VSTAR, and the Mewtwo-versus-Charizard pair. They represent finished binder projects rather than one price order.
How many cards are in the Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery?
The Galarian Gallery has 70 cards, numbered GG01 through GG70. The official checklist and the BinderDex Galarian Gallery page can confirm exact numbers.
Which Crown Zenith cards make a connected binder page?
Riolu GG26, Swablu GG27, Duskull GG28, Bidoof GG29, Pikachu GG30, Turtwig GG31, Paras GG32, Poochyena GG33, and Mareep GG34 form the official nine-card connected illustration.
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