# How many cards are in an Obsidian Flames master set?

> An Obsidian Flames master set is 406 cards — every card plus its 176 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-obsidian-flames-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**An Obsidian Flames master set is 406 cards — every card plus its 176 reverse holos.**

## What an Obsidian Flames master set includes

One of everything: all 230 numbered cards — the 197 base plus 33 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 176 of them. That sweeps in the 18 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:

- [Charizard ex (#223)](/card/sv3-223) — Special Illustration Rare (~$138.94)
- [Ninetales (#199)](/card/sv3-199) — Illustration Rare (~$48.07)
- [Charizard ex (#228)](/card/sv3-228) — Hyper Rare (~$46.27)
- [Cleffa (#202)](/card/sv3-202) — Illustration Rare (~$45.26)
- [Gloom (#198)](/card/sv3-198) — Illustration Rare (~$28.36)
- [Pidgeot ex (#225)](/card/sv3-225) — Special Illustration Rare (~$24.18)

## The extras unique to Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 230-card checklist plus 176 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 33 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Obsidian Flames master set

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

- **Charizard** — Charizard ex (#125), Charizard ex (#215), Charizard ex (#223), Charizard ex (#228)
- **Ninetales** — Ninetales (#199)
- **Cleffa** — Cleffa (#202)
- **Gloom** — Gloom (#198)
- **Pidgeot** — Pidgeot ex (#164), Pidgeot ex (#217), Pidgeot ex (#225)

## The Obsidian Flames master-set total

All in, a complete Obsidian Flames master set is **406 cards** versus 197 for the base — about 2.1× 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 Obsidian Flames.

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