# How many cards are in a Paldea Evolved master set?

> A Paldea Evolved master set is 455 cards — every card plus its 176 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-paldea-evolved-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv2-203) — Illustration Rare (~$406.13)
- [Raichu (#211)](/card/sv2-211) — Illustration Rare (~$118.89)
- [Maushold (#226)](/card/sv2-226) — Illustration Rare (~$106.19)
- [Tyranitar (#222)](/card/sv2-222) — Illustration Rare (~$80.47)
- [Iono (#269)](/card/sv2-269) — Special Illustration Rare (~$68.26)
- [Tinkaton ex (#262)](/card/sv2-262) — 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.