# How many cards are in Mega Evolution?

> Mega Evolution has 132 cards in the main set, or 188 including its 56 secret rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-mega-evolution — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Mega Evolution has 132 cards in the main set, or 188 including its 56 secret rares.**

## Inside the Mega Evolution checklist

Mega Evolution's numbered 132-card base set splits into 152 Pokémon, 36 Trainers and 0 Energy. It's a Mega Evolution-series release and ranks the #26 largest set Nomekop tracks by printed count. The marquee Pokémon and their cards in Mega Evolution:

- **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)

## Secret rares: #133 to #188 in Mega Evolution

Anything numbered past the printed total of 132 is a secret rare. Mega Evolution has 56 of them — #133 through #188 — which lift the count from 132 to 188. The headline pulls up there:

- [Mega Lucario ex (#188)](/card/me1-188) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$267.38)
- [Mega Lucario ex (#179)](/card/me1-179) — Special Illustration Rare (~$242.26)
- [Mega Gardevoir ex (#187)](/card/me1-187) — Mega Hyper Rare (~$227.03)
- [Mega Gardevoir ex (#178)](/card/me1-178) — Special Illustration Rare (~$206.16)
- [Mega Venusaur ex (#177)](/card/me1-177) — Special Illustration Rare (~$185.80)
- [Mega Latias ex (#181)](/card/me1-181) — Special Illustration Rare (~$97.51)

By rarity tier the rarer pool is 22 Illustration Rares, 22 Ultra Rares, 10 Double Rares and 10 Special Illustration Rares.

## Collecting all of Mega Evolution

Want a master set? Add every reverse holo (122) and the target reaches 310 cards — about 2.3× the base set, or roughly 35 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Decide up front whether you're after the 132-card base Mega Evolution or the full run.

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