# How many cards are in a Battle Styles master set?

> A Battle Styles master set is 306 cards — every card plus its 123 reverse holos.
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> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-battle-styles-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Battle Styles master set is 306 cards — every card plus its 123 reverse holos.**

## What a Battle Styles master set includes

One of everything: all 183 numbered cards — the 163 base plus 20 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 123 of them. The headline cards you have to land:

- [Tyranitar V (#155)](/card/swsh5-155) — Rare Ultra (~$268.08)
- [Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#170)](/card/swsh5-170) — Rare Rainbow (~$73.56)
- [Empoleon V (#146)](/card/swsh5-146) — Rare Ultra (~$66.74)
- [Mimikyu V (#148)](/card/swsh5-148) — Rare Ultra (~$46.73)
- [Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#168)](/card/swsh5-168) — Rare Rainbow (~$32.99)
- [Houndoom (#179)](/card/swsh5-179) — Rare Secret (~$25.61)

## The extras unique to Battle Styles

Battle Styles has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 183-card checklist plus 123 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 20 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Battle Styles master set

A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:

- **Tyranitar** — Tyranitar V (#154), Tyranitar V (#155)
- **Rapid Strike Urshifu** — Rapid Strike Urshifu V (#152), Rapid Strike Urshifu V (#153), Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#169), Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX (#170)
- **Empoleon** — Empoleon V (#145), Empoleon V (#146)
- **Mimikyu** — Mimikyu V (#148)
- **Single Strike Urshifu** — Single Strike Urshifu V (#150), Single Strike Urshifu V (#151), Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#167), Single Strike Urshifu VMAX (#168)

## The Battle Styles master-set total

All in, a complete Battle Styles master set is **306 cards** versus 163 for the base — about 1.9× the work, or roughly 34 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Battle Styles.

Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.