Destined Rivals has 182 cards in the main set, or 244 including its 62 secret rares.
Inside the Destined Rivals checklist
Destined Rivals' numbered 182-card base set splits into 209 Pokémon, 34 Trainers and 1 Energy. It's a Scarlet & Violet-series release and ranks the #16 largest set Nomekop tracks by printed count. The marquee Pokémon and their cards in Destined Rivals:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#81), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#213), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#240)
- Cynthia's Garchomp — Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#104), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#215), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#241)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh — Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#39), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#209), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#239)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking — Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#119), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#216), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)
- Team Rocket's Moltres — Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#31), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#208), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)
Secret rares: #183 to #244 in Destined Rivals
Anything numbered past the printed total of 182 is a secret rare. Destined Rivals has 62 of them — #183 through #244 — which lift the count from 182 to 244. The headline pulls up there:
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231) — Special Illustration Rare (~$566.14)
- Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$289.98)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230) — Special Illustration Rare (~$196.98)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$127.52)
- Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229) — Special Illustration Rare (~$124.09)
- Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$81.55)
By rarity tier the rarer pool is 23 Illustration Rares, 22 Ultra Rares, 17 Double Rares and 11 Special Illustration Rares.
Collecting all of Destined Rivals
Want a master set? Add every reverse holo (165) and the target reaches 409 cards — about 2.2× the base set, or roughly 46 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Decide up front whether you're after the 182-card base Destined Rivals or the full run.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.