# How many cards are in a Paldean Fates master set?

> A Paldean Fates master set is 326 cards — every card plus its 81 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-paldean-fates-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv4pt5-232) — Special Illustration Rare (~$968.49)
- [Charizard ex (#234)](/card/sv4pt5-234) — Special Illustration Rare (~$336.93)
- [Gardevoir ex (#233)](/card/sv4pt5-233) — Special Illustration Rare (~$186.13)
- [Pikachu (#131)](/card/sv4pt5-131) — Shiny Rare (~$89.19)
- [Snorlax (#202)](/card/sv4pt5-202) — Shiny Rare (~$68.36)
- [Charmander (#109)](/card/sv4pt5-109) — 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.