A Mega Evolution master set is 310 cards — every card plus its 122 reverse holos.
What a Mega Evolution master set includes
One of everything: all 188 numbered cards — the 132 base plus 56 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 122 of them. That sweeps in the 32 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:
- Mega Lucario ex (#188) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$267.38)
- Mega Lucario ex (#179) — Special Illustration Rare (~$242.26)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#187) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$227.03)
- Mega Gardevoir ex (#178) — Special Illustration Rare (~$206.16)
- Mega Venusaur ex (#177) — Special Illustration Rare (~$185.80)
- Mega Latias ex (#181) — Special Illustration Rare (~$97.51)
The extras unique to Mega Evolution
Mega Evolution has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 188-card checklist plus 122 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 56 secret rares.
Star Pokémon in the Mega Evolution master set
A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:
- Mega Lucario — Mega Lucario ex (#77), Mega Lucario ex (#160), Mega Lucario ex (#179), Mega Lucario ex (#188)
- Mega Gardevoir — Mega Gardevoir ex (#60), Mega Gardevoir ex (#159), Mega Gardevoir ex (#178), Mega Gardevoir ex (#187)
- Mega Venusaur — Mega Venusaur ex (#3), Mega Venusaur ex (#155), Mega Venusaur ex (#177)
- Mega Latias — Mega Latias ex (#100), Mega Latias ex (#163), Mega Latias ex (#181)
- Mega Absol — Mega Absol ex (#86), Mega Absol ex (#161), Mega Absol ex (#180)
The Mega Evolution master-set total
All in, a complete Mega Evolution master set is 310 cards versus 132 for the base — about 2.3× the work, or roughly 35 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Mega Evolution.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.