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Release date, card count, chase cards, value and how it compares with the Sword & Shield era.
S11a: Incandescent Arcana is a Japanese Pokémon TCG expansion from the Sword & Shield era, released on September 2, 2022. It is a compact release, with 94 catalog printings, and most of those sit in the chase tiers once the commons, uncommons and basic rares are set aside. The set code is S11a. What defines it is repetition: Serperior V, Serperior VSTAR, Mawile V, Serena and Furisode Girl each appear three times across different rarities, so the card list is built around a few Pokémon and Trainers shown in several treatments rather than a long roster.
S11a: Incandescent Arcana was released September 2, 2022.
S11a: Incandescent Arcana has 94 cards.
S11a: Incandescent Arcana is part of the Sword & Shield era.
The pull ladder in Incandescent Arcana climbs from commons and uncommons through Rare, Double Rare and Triple Rare to Super Rare, Character Rare, Character Super Rare, Hyper Rare and Kagayaku, giving 38 chase-tier cards in all. The most valuable cards start with the Character Super Rare Serperior V, followed by the Super Rare Serena, the Hyper Rare Serena, and the Hyper Rare Alolan Vulpix VSTAR. Furisode Girl in Super Rare rounds out the top five. Those five cards hold 46 percent of the set's total card value, so a large share of the money sits in a handful of pulls.
As of October 2026, S11a: Incandescent Arcana ranks 23rd of the 30 comparable Sword & Shield sets by total card value, at about 0.8 times the era median, and 149th across all 189 comparable sets in the Japanese Pokémon TCG. Its top card ranks 25th in the era, while trading activity is a stronger point at 8th. It came after S11: Lost Abyss and before S12: Paradigm Trigger, and both of those hold more total value. Its cards carried over to English in Silver Tempest, which arrived 2 months later, with 39 cards shared between them.
Written from market data as of October 23, 2026; the tables update live.
| Measure | This setS11a: Incandescent Arcana | Median of 30 setsSword & Shield median | Previous setS11: Lost Abyss | Next setS12: Paradigm Trigger |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Sep 2, 2022 | — | Jul 15, 2022 | Oct 21, 2022 |
| Cards | 94 | 95 | 127 | 125 |
| Master set value | ≥ $317.03 | $402.30 | $1,015.32 | $764.92 |
| Most valuable card price | $46.85 | $100.07 | $646.14 | $512.50 |
| Priced cards | 93 of 94 | 93 | 127 of 127 | 125 of 125 |
A complete run of Incandescent Arcana is 94 printings, and 93 of them are priced. Because the top five cards hold 46 percent of total value while the commons and uncommons add little, the cost of finishing the set is driven mostly by the Serperior V, Serena and Alolan Vulpix VSTAR chase cards rather than by the bulk. Sealed product is limited to a booster box and booster packs, which suits anyone opening the set rather than buying singles.
GardevoirS11a: Incandescent Arcana · 072$7.480.0%27Quant score27 / 100