# How many cards are in a Crown Zenith master set?

> A Crown Zenith master set is 272 cards — every card plus its 112 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-crown-zenith-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Crown Zenith master set is 272 cards — every card plus its 112 reverse holos.**

## What a Crown Zenith master set includes

One of everything: all 160 numbered cards — the 159 base plus 1 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 112 of them. The headline cards you have to land:

- [Pikachu (#160)](/card/swsh12pt5-160) — Rare Secret (~$56.41)
- [Elesa's Sparkle (#147)](/card/swsh12pt5-147) — Rare Ultra (~$17.06)
- [Radiant Charizard (#20)](/card/swsh12pt5-20) — Radiant Rare (~$13.95)
- [Charizard VSTAR (#19)](/card/swsh12pt5-19) — Rare Holo VSTAR (~$13.43)
- [Rayquaza VMAX (#102)](/card/swsh12pt5-102) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$12.87)
- [Charizard V (#18)](/card/swsh12pt5-18) — Rare Holo V (~$11.03)

## The extras unique to Crown Zenith

Crown Zenith has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 160-card checklist plus 112 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 1 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Crown Zenith master set

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

- **Pikachu** — Pikachu (#160)
- **Radiant Charizard** — Radiant Charizard (#20)
- **Radiant Eternatus** — Radiant Eternatus (#105)
- **Radiant Charjabug** — Radiant Charjabug (#51)

## The Crown Zenith master-set total

All in, a complete Crown Zenith master set is **272 cards** versus 159 for the base — about 1.7× the work, or roughly 31 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Crown Zenith.

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