A 151 master set is 360 cards — every card plus its 153 reverse holos.
What a 151 master set includes
One of everything: all 207 numbered cards — the 165 base plus 42 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 153 of them. That sweeps in the 23 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:
- Charizard ex (#199) — Special Illustration Rare (~$492.20)
- Blastoise ex (#200) — Special Illustration Rare (~$167.51)
- Venusaur ex (#198) — Special Illustration Rare (~$134.30)
- Charmander (#168) — Illustration Rare (~$130.15)
- Zapdos ex (#202) — Special Illustration Rare (~$119.92)
- Squirtle (#170) — Illustration Rare (~$118.75)
The extras unique to 151
151 has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 207-card checklist plus 153 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 42 secret rares.
Star Pokémon in the 151 master set
A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:
- Charizard — Charizard ex (#6), Charizard ex (#183), Charizard ex (#199)
- Blastoise — Blastoise ex (#9), Blastoise ex (#184), Blastoise ex (#200)
- Venusaur — Venusaur ex (#3), Venusaur ex (#182), Venusaur ex (#198)
- Charmander — Charmander (#168)
- Zapdos — Zapdos ex (#145), Zapdos ex (#192), Zapdos ex (#202)
The 151 master-set total
All in, a complete 151 master set is 360 cards versus 165 for the base — about 2.2× the work, or roughly 40 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on 151.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.