A Paldean Fates master set is 326 cards — every card plus its 81 reverse holos.
What a Paldean Fates master set includes
One of everything: all 245 numbered cards — the 91 base plus 154 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 81 of them. That sweeps in the 11 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:
- Mew ex (#232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$968.49)
- Charizard ex (#234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$336.93)
- Gardevoir ex (#233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$186.13)
- Pikachu (#131) — Shiny Rare (~$89.19)
- Snorlax (#202) — Shiny Rare (~$68.36)
- Charmander (#109) — Shiny Rare (~$58.57)
The extras unique to Paldean Fates
Paldean Fates has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 245-card checklist plus 81 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 154 secret rares.
Star Pokémon in the Paldean Fates master set
A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:
- Mew — Mew ex (#216), Mew ex (#232)
- Charizard — Charizard ex (#54), Charizard ex (#234)
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir ex (#29), Gardevoir ex (#217), Gardevoir ex (#233)
- Pikachu — Pikachu (#131)
- Snorlax — Snorlax (#202)
The Paldean Fates master-set total
All in, a complete Paldean Fates master set is 326 cards versus 91 for the base — about 3.6× the work, or roughly 37 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Paldean Fates.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.