A Paldea Evolved master set is 455 cards — every card plus its 176 reverse holos.
What a Paldea Evolved master set includes
One of everything: all 279 numbered cards — the 193 base plus 86 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 176 of them. That sweeps in the 51 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:
- Magikarp (#203) — Illustration Rare (~$406.13)
- Raichu (#211) — Illustration Rare (~$118.89)
- Maushold (#226) — Illustration Rare (~$106.19)
- Tyranitar (#222) — Illustration Rare (~$80.47)
- Iono (#269) — Special Illustration Rare (~$68.26)
- Tinkaton ex (#262) — Special Illustration Rare (~$61.56)
The extras unique to Paldea Evolved
Paldea Evolved has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 279-card checklist plus 176 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 86 secret rares.
Star Pokémon in the Paldea Evolved master set
A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:
- Magikarp — Magikarp (#203)
- Raichu — Raichu (#211)
- Maushold — Maushold (#226)
- Tyranitar — Tyranitar (#222)
- Tinkaton — Tinkaton ex (#240), Tinkaton ex (#262)
The Paldea Evolved master-set total
All in, a complete Paldea Evolved master set is 455 cards versus 193 for the base — about 2.4× the work, or roughly 51 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Paldea Evolved.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.