# How many cards are in a 151 master set?

> A 151 master set is 360 cards — every card plus its 153 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-151-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv3pt5-199) — Special Illustration Rare (~$492.20)
- [Blastoise ex (#200)](/card/sv3pt5-200) — Special Illustration Rare (~$167.51)
- [Venusaur ex (#198)](/card/sv3pt5-198) — Special Illustration Rare (~$134.30)
- [Charmander (#168)](/card/sv3pt5-168) — Illustration Rare (~$130.15)
- [Zapdos ex (#202)](/card/sv3pt5-202) — Special Illustration Rare (~$119.92)
- [Squirtle (#170)](/card/sv3pt5-170) — 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.