# How many cards are in a Destined Rivals master set?

> A Destined Rivals master set is 409 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.
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> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-destined-rivals-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Destined Rivals master set is 409 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.**

## What a Destined Rivals master set includes

One of everything: all 244 numbered cards — the 182 base plus 62 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 165 of them. That sweeps in the 34 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:

- [Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231)](/card/sv10-231) — Special Illustration Rare (~$566.14)
- [Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232)](/card/sv10-232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$289.98)
- [Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230)](/card/sv10-230) — Special Illustration Rare (~$196.98)
- [Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)](/card/sv10-233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$127.52)
- [Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)](/card/sv10-229) — Special Illustration Rare (~$124.09)
- [Team Rocket's Crobat ex (#234)](/card/sv10-234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$81.55)

## The extras unique to Destined Rivals

Destined Rivals has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 244-card checklist plus 165 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 62 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Destined Rivals master set

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

- **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)

## The Destined Rivals master-set total

All in, a complete Destined Rivals master set is **409 cards** versus 182 for the base — about 2.2× the work, or roughly 46 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Destined Rivals.

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