Heat Wave Arena (SV9a) card list and chase cards

Heat Wave Arena came out in Japan on 14 March 2025, built around famous Trainers and their Pokémon. Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Ethan's Ho-Oh ex are its two big Special Art Rares, with the Ethan's Adventure trainer card third. It has no English set of its own. We sell it as Heat Wave.

What are the chase cards in Heat Wave Arena?

1. 
   Cynthia's Garchomp exSpecial Art Rare (SAR) · 087/063

   Market price$236AUD

2. 
   Ethan's Ho-Oh exSpecial Art Rare (SAR) · 086/063

   Market price$186AUD

3. 
   Ethan's AdventureSpecial Art Rare (SAR) · 089/063

   Market price$57AUD

Ranked by what an ungraded copy sells for on PriceCharting, October 2026, converted to Australian dollars. No card is guaranteed in any box.

The 10 most valuable Heat Wave Arena cards

Market prices are for ungraded cards in near mint condition and move every week. Our guide to checking Japanese card prices shows where to look up a card before you buy or sell it.

How many cards are in Heat Wave Arena?

Heat Wave Arena has 92 cards. The main set is numbered 001/063 to 063/063, while the 29 secret rares carry on above it from 064/063 to 092/063. The secret rares are where the chase cards live:

• 12 Art Rares
• 9 Super Rares
• 5 Special Art Rares
• 3 gold Ultra Rares

Our rarity guide explains what each of those codes looks like on the card and what it is called in English.

Every secret rare in Heat Wave Arena

What is in a Heat Wave Arena booster box?

A sealed Heat Wave box holds 30 packs of 5 cards, 150 cards in all. Pokémon doesn't publish pull rates. Going by what collectors report, a standard Scarlet & Violet box like this one typically holds three Art Rares and one card of SR or better as the main hit, along with about four Double Rare Pokémon ex. Special Art Rares turn up in roughly 1 box in 3 to 6 and the gold Ultra Rare in about 1 box in 10. These are unofficial figures, so no box is promised any of them. Our pull rates guide explains where the collector numbers come from.

Is Heat Wave Arena in English?

Heat Wave Arena has no English set of its own. Cards from Japanese sets like this one usually turn up in the English sets released around them, so the Japanese box is the only way to open it as it was designed. English cards also use different rarity names, so the Japanese AR is called an Illustration Rare and the SAR a Special Illustration Rare.

Where to buy Heat Wave Arena in Australia

We stock Heat Wave at $218.88 and Heat Wave · 5-Pack Bundle at $83.88, sealed and on the shelf in Sydney. Every order ships tracked for a flat $14 anywhere in Australia. For the three most valuable cards of every other set, see the top hits guide.

Sources

• Limitless TCG, Heat Wave Arena (SV9a) Japanese card list
• TCGdex, Heat Wave Arena Japanese set data
• PriceCharting, Pokémon Japanese Heat Wave Arena prices
• Pokémon Card Game official card search (card pictures)

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