# How many cards are in a Fusion Strike master set?

> A Fusion Strike master set is 501 cards — every card plus its 217 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-fusion-strike-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Fusion Strike master set is 501 cards — every card plus its 217 reverse holos.**

## What a Fusion Strike master set includes

One of everything: all 284 numbered cards — the 264 base plus 20 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 217 of them. The headline cards you have to land:

- [Gengar VMAX (#271)](/card/swsh8-271) — Rare Rainbow (~$979.95)
- [Espeon VMAX (#270)](/card/swsh8-270) — Rare Rainbow (~$343.15)
- [Mew VMAX (#269)](/card/swsh8-269) — Rare Rainbow (~$253.06)
- [Mew V (#251)](/card/swsh8-251) — Rare Ultra (~$114.13)
- [Mew VMAX (#268)](/card/swsh8-268) — Rare Rainbow (~$108.00)
- [Celebi V (#245)](/card/swsh8-245) — Rare Ultra (~$100.86)

## The extras unique to Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 284-card checklist plus 217 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 20 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Fusion Strike master set

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

- **Gengar** — Gengar VMAX (#271)
- **Espeon** — Espeon VMAX (#270)
- **Mew** — Mew V (#250), Mew V (#251), Mew VMAX (#268), Mew VMAX (#269)
- **Celebi** — Celebi V (#245)
- **Genesect** — Genesect V (#254), Genesect V (#255)

## The Fusion Strike master-set total

All in, a complete Fusion Strike master set is **501 cards** versus 264 for the base — about 1.9× the work, or roughly 56 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Fusion Strike.

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