Rebel Clash Chase Cards: The Japanese Rebellion Crash (S2) Prints Behind Them

Rebel Clash Chase Cards and Their Japanese Prints

Every VMAX Rainbow Rare in the English Rebel Clash set — the community term for the rainbow-foil print sitting at the top of the set’s numbering — maps to a specific Japanese card. Here are all seven, in English set order.

1. Rillaboom VMAX — EN #193

The English Rainbow Rare Rillaboom VMAX at #193 traces to S1a VMAX Rising #9 — the first of the three starter-Pokemon VMAX cards that Rebel Clash folded in from the separate VMAX Rising subset rather than from Rebellion Crash itself.

2. Cinderace VMAX — EN #194

Cinderace VMAX at EN #194 is the second starter VMAX, matching S1a VMAX Rising #17.

3. Inteleon VMAX — EN #195

Inteleon VMAX at EN #195 completes the starter trio, matching S1a VMAX Rising #23. All three of these prints come from S1a VMAX Rising, whose sealed box is currently listed on our site — see the Where to Buy section below.

4. Toxtricity VMAX — EN #196

Toxtricity VMAX at EN #196 is the first chase card that traces to Rebellion Crash proper, matching S2 Rebellion Crash #37.

5. Dragapult VMAX — EN #197

Dragapult VMAX at EN #197 matches S2 Rebellion Crash #50.

6. Malamar VMAX — EN #198

Malamar VMAX at EN #198 matches S2 Rebellion Crash #71.

7. Copperajah VMAX — EN #199

Copperajah VMAX at EN #199 closes out the run, matching S2 Rebellion Crash #76.

These seven are the complete set of VMAX Rainbow Rare chase cards carried in the English Rebel Clash set, verified individually against Limitless’s English card pages. Note the 3-and-4 split: it is direct confirmation of Bulbapedia’s note that Rebel Clash “combines” the two Japanese releases rather than reprinting one set wholesale.

Japanese vs English Version: What Changes

The biggest structural difference is the merge itself. Rebel Clash presents all 209 of its cards as one continuous English sequence, with the seven VMAX chase cards grouped together near the top of that numbering. In Japan, those same seven cards live in two entirely separate sets with their own codes, their own release dates a month apart, and their own independent numbering — a card is “S1a #9” or “S2 #37” for its whole life, regardless of where an English compilation later placed it.

Release timing is the second difference. VMAX Rising and Rebellion Crash both reached Japanese shelves in February and March 2020, roughly two to three months before Rebel Clash’s 1 May 2020 English release — giving Japanese collectors first access to every one of these seven prints.

The card-count discrepancy noted earlier — S2 Rebellion Crash listed as 106 cards by Limitless versus 115 including secret rares by Bulbapedia — is also worth keeping in mind if you are trying to reconcile a Japanese checklist against Rebel Clash’s English numbering; the two sources are not counting the exact same population of prints.

For the full picture of what else differs between a Japanese release and its English compilation, our S1a VMAX Rising set guide and S2 Rebellion Crash set guide cover each Japanese release on its own terms.

Where to Buy the Japanese Rebellion Crash (S2) Cards from Tokyo

We ship Japanese sealed product worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. The direct route to Toxtricity VMAX, Dragapult VMAX, Malamar VMAX and Copperajah VMAX is sealed Rebellion Crash product: the S2-Rebellion Crash Japanese Pokemon Booster Box is currently listed at ¥50,400 (~$317).

The S1a VMAX Rising box — the source of Rillaboom, Cinderace and Inteleon VMAX — is currently listed at ¥94,500 (~$594). Our Quick Order page is the fastest route for any single card in this article, or for building a mixed order across both Japanese sets.

For more Japanese Pokemon booster boxes, browse our Pokemon card box collection. For the full card-by-card mapping across both source sets, see our Rebel Clash Japanese card list, and for the next set in the Sword & Shield era’s chase-card lineage, see our companion piece on Chilling Reign chase cards.