Aura Seeker SIR and Secret Rares: What Is Confirmed So Far

The Aura Seeker SIR question has one confirmed answer so far: the official M7 page lists a Special Art Rare (SAR) version of Maxi’s Passion, card No. 113, with new artwork by manga artist Tetsuo Hara. The set is the Japanese-edition Pokémon Card Game MEGA Expansion Pack “Hadou Seeker” (Aura Seeker), releasing November 27, 2026.

Updated November 11, 2026

Is there an Aura Seeker SIR, and which cards are confirmed so far?

Yes, one SAR is confirmed: the Maxi’s Passion SAR, No. 113. In this Japanese edition the official page uses the term SAR, short for Special Art Rare, and prints it as スペシャルアートレア. That is the term this article uses.

The Maxi’s Passion SAR is the one SAR the official M7 page names. That is a statement about the page as it stands today, not a claim about the whole set. The official page lists a selection of named cards, not a full card list. Names appear with their card numbers, and only Maxi’s Passion carries a rarity label. The other cards on the page appear without one.

Here is the practical reading of that for a collector. If you want to talk about the secret-rare tier of Aura Seeker today, you can talk about one card with full confidence, and you can talk about a group of headline cards (the Mega Z ex trio) without assigning them a rarity. Anything beyond that would be a guess, and this guide does not make guesses about card rarity. The sections below take each group in turn, with the source for every fact.

If you are deciding whether to pre-order a sealed box now, our M7 Aura Seeker (Hadou Seeker) booster box page shows the current listing, the pre-order dispatch notice and the pack and box counts.

Which Aura Seeker cards are named on the official page?

The official M7 page names 16 cards, listed in the table below with the number and detail the page gives for each. The table keeps the official wording close, so you can match it against the page yourself.

Those are 15 distinct card names; counting Maxi’s Passion twice, for its Normal and SAR versions, gives 16 numbered entries. Source for the whole table: the official Aura Seeker (M7) page.

Two readings of this table matter. First, the numbers run from 018 to 113, and the SAR sits at 113 while the Normal version of the same card sits at 076. The two versions are separate entries with separate numbers, so a Normal copy and a SAR copy are different cards when you buy singles. Second, the table is a list of cards the official page chose to show, in the order the page gave them. It is not a rarity ladder, and the order of the rows does not mean anything about scarcity.

What do we know about the Maxi’s Passion SAR?

The Maxi’s Passion SAR is card No. 113, and the official page says it carries a newly drawn illustration by manga artist Tetsuo Hara. That is the full set of confirmed facts about the card itself: its name, its number, its rarity label and its illustrator.

The Pokémon Card Game news item dated November 6, 2026 gives more context. It announces the arrival of the SAR, says Hara drew the illustration for this card, and carries an interview with him to mark the card’s appearance. The same article says Hara previously illustrated Palafin ex in the High-Class Pack “Terastal Festival ex”. So this is not Hara’s first Pokémon card, and the official news says so directly.

What the official pages do not describe is the artwork itself in words: the pose, the background, the frame. We do not describe the picture here, because describing artwork we have not been shown would be invention. When the official card image appears on the Pokémon Card Game site, that will be the place to judge the illustration.

The practical takeaway: the Maxi’s Passion SAR is a named, numbered, officially announced card with a named artist. That puts it on much firmer ground than any rumor about other secret rares, and it is the card to watch if you care about the SAR tier of Aura Seeker.

Who is Maxi, and why does Tetsuo Hara’s art matter here?

Maxi is the Pastoria City gym leader (known in the English games as Crasher Wake), and the official news describes him as a wrestler and a Water-type trainer. The news item calls him the gym leader of Nomosee City in its Japanese wording, which is Pastoria City in the English games.

That description tells you who the card is named for. “Maxi’s Passion” takes its name from a character who is a wrestler, and the SAR gives that character a newly drawn illustration by manga artist Tetsuo Hara. The official news announced the SAR with an interview with Hara, so the artist is named on the official record alongside the card.

There is also a live-event angle. Per the same official news, the original artwork and the card will be displayed at Pokémon Card Station in Pokémon Center Mega Tokyo (Sunshine City Alpa 2F, Ikebukuro) from November 30, 2026 (Monday) to January 11, 2027 (Monday, a holiday). If you are in Tokyo during that window, that is where to see the original illustration.

For readers outside Japan, the useful point is simple. The SAR is tied to a named artist and a physical exhibition, and both are on the official record. You do not need to rely on social media screenshots to know that this card exists.

How do the Normal and SAR versions of Maxi’s Passion differ?

The two versions differ in number and rarity label: the Normal version is No. 076, and the SAR is No. 113 with Tetsuo Hara’s new illustration. The official page gives no other difference, so we do not claim one.

In practice that means a collector who wants the Hara illustration and a collector who wants the Normal version are shopping for different cards: the SAR is No. 113 and the Normal version is No. 076. Check the card number when you buy singles. Prices and availability for either version are not part of this guide, because the set is not released yet and we do not quote values for cards before they exist on the market.

One more detail from the official page: the “Boss’s Orders” and “Wally’s Compassion” cards are not included in Aura Seeker. If you are planning deck lists around the set, those two cards will not come from M7 packs. The page does list Korrina’s Resolve (No. 075) as a Supporter.

Are the Mega Z ex cards secret rares?

The official page does not give a rarity for Mega Lucario Z ex, Mega Garchomp Z ex or Mega Absol Z ex, so we do not call them secret rares. What the page does give is their numbers and card text: Mega Lucario Z ex is No. 057, Mega Garchomp Z ex is No. 067 and Mega Absol Z ex is No. 030.

These three are the first revealed headliners of the set. Our listing describes the theme as Mega Evolutions whose names carry “Z”, and names the same three as the first revealed headliners. Mega Lucario Z ex also appears in the official announcement of August 31, 2026, the news item about the new “ex★” series logo revealed at the closing ceremony of the Pokémon World Championships 2026 in San Francisco, California.

The ability name of Mega Lucario Z ex, “Hadou Seeker”, is also the Japanese name of the set. That is a useful way to remember the connection between the set name and this card.

The guidance is the same as for the SAR: treat what is printed as fact and leave rarity unassigned until the official page prints it. A card can be a headliner by design and still be a regular ex card in rarity terms; the official page simply does not tell us which, so this guide does not either. For a closer look at the Lucario card and the “Z” theme, see our Aura Seeker (Hadou Seeker) complete guide.

What else is in an Aura Seeker pack besides the rare cards?

An Aura Seeker pack holds 5 cards, inserted at random, with a suggested retail price of 200 yen including tax. The official page also states two things that are easy to miss: basic Energy cards are not included, and the cards “Boss’s Orders” and “Wally’s Compassion” are not included.

That has three consequences for how you think about a box.

• A pack is five cards. A box of 30 packs, as on our listing, is therefore 150 cards. The 30-pack count is on our product page, which says it is the same count as the other MEGA expansion packs, and the page adds that we will update it if the official box listing differs.
• Cards are random. The official page says cards are randomly inserted. No pack is a guaranteed source of the SAR, and we quote no odds because none are published.
• No basic Energy.

The remaining named cards, such as Sigilyph ex (No. 031, Ability “Mega Protector”), Floatzel ex (No. 020) and Korrina’s Resolve (No. 075, a Supporter), round out the set’s visible mix of cards. Korrina’s Resolve is labeled a Supporter on the official page; the page gives no card type for Maxi’s Passion, so we do not assign one.

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Which dates matter between now and the Aura Seeker release?

Four dates matter: August 31, November 6, November 27 and November 30, 2026. The table lists each with its source.

The order is worth noticing. The SAR was announced about three weeks before release, and the official card list for the rest of the set has not been published in full at the time of writing. That is the one gap in the public record: the full card list and the rarities are not published yet, and The Pokémon Company has not published pull rates, so we quote none. Updates to the official page will change what can be said, and we will update our guides when they do.

For the release dates in more detail, including how the Japanese release relates to dispatch from Tokyo, see Aura Seeker Release Date: Confirmed vs Rumored.

Should you buy an Aura Seeker box or wait for the SAR as a single?

If you want a sealed box, pre-order it; if you only want the Maxi’s Passion SAR, a box is not a guaranteed route to it, because the official page says cards are inserted at random and no odds are published. Choose based on what you are collecting.

Our listing is a pre-order, and its dispatch notice says it ships on or after November 30, 2026, once our stock arrives and all existing pre-orders have been shipped. The page states that pricing and availability are shown on the page and confirmed at checkout. We do not quote a price in this article, because the page is where the current price lives.

For a longer treatment of the decision, read How to Choose Your Aura Seeker (M7) Purchase: Box or Wait.

How do shipping and payment work for an Aura Seeker box?

We ship the M7 box from Tokyo by FedEx, with standard and expedited options, and you pay in Japanese yen by Wise, PayPal or card through PayPal. The details below come from our own policy pages.

Sources: our shipping policy and payment methods page.

Two points matter for a pre-order. First, because the M7 box ships on or after November 30, 2026, the transit estimates above start from dispatch, not from the day you order. Second, the shipping policy states that delivery estimates do not include pre-order release timing, customs processing or carrier congestion, and that once an order is with FedEx, delivery timing is controlled by the carrier and destination-country authorities. FedEx cannot deliver to P.O. Boxes, so use a physical address at checkout.

If you pay by Wise, the policy sets deadlines: without a screenshot, an order is cancelled automatically if payment has not arrived within 12 hours, and for orders with a pre-order item that window is 3 hours. With a screenshot, you upload it within 5 days and the order price is held for a total of 10 days. The screenshot option requires an account. Read the full payment page before choosing Wise for a pre-order.

For a walk-through of ordering from Japan, see Where to Buy Aura Seeker (M7) Japanese Boxes from Tokyo.

How should you read rarity claims about Aura Seeker before release?

Trust a rarity claim only when it is attached to a card number and an official page. That rule keeps you safe from most pre-release noise, and the Aura Seeker record shows how it works.

The Maxi’s Passion SAR passes the test: it has a number (113), a rarity label (SAR), an illustrator (Tetsuo Hara) and two official pages that say so, the M7 product page and the November 6 news item. The Mega Z ex cards pass the test for what they are: named cards with numbers and card text, but without a rarity label. Treat each differently.

1. Look for the number. A claim about “the Aura Seeker secret rare” with no card number is not a claim you can check.
2. Look for the rarity label. On the official M7 page, only Maxi’s Passion carries one.
3. Look for the date. The SAR news is dated November 6, 2026. Anything older that contradicts it is out of date.
4. Ignore odds. The Pokémon Company has not published pull rates for this set, so any figure you see is not from the publisher.

If you want our own running views on the topics that are not settled, we keep them separate and labeled: Aura Seeker Pull Rates Outlook and Aura Seeker Chase Cards: Predictions and Rumor Tracker. This article sticks to the official record.

More Aura Seeker M7 guides

These guides cover other parts of the set, each with its own focus.

• Aura Seeker: The Complete Guide to the Japanese Pokémon TCG Set, the overview of the set.
• Aura Seeker Revealed Cards: Latest Confirmed List, the card-by-card reveal tracker.
• Aura Seeker M7: Named Cards, Release Date and Contents, the named cards in one place.
• Mega Lucario Z ex and Aura Seeker vs MEGA x MEGA Parade, a comparison with another 2027 set.

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