# How many cards are in a Scarlet & Violet master set?

> A Scarlet & Violet master set is 444 cards — every card plus its 186 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-scarlet-violet-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Scarlet & Violet master set is 444 cards — every card plus its 186 reverse holos.**

## What a Scarlet & Violet master set includes

One of everything: all 258 numbered cards — the 198 base plus 60 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 186 of them. That sweeps in the 34 Illustration and Special Illustration Rares, the full-art cards that carry most of the value. The ones you have to land:

- [Gardevoir ex (#245)](/card/sv1-245) — Special Illustration Rare (~$89.05)
- [Drowzee (#210)](/card/sv1-210) — Illustration Rare (~$70.93)
- [Ralts (#211)](/card/sv1-211) — Illustration Rare (~$53.81)
- [Kirlia (#212)](/card/sv1-212) — Illustration Rare (~$51.81)
- [Slowpoke (#204)](/card/sv1-204) — Illustration Rare (~$46.64)
- [Riolu (#215)](/card/sv1-215) — Illustration Rare (~$43.29)

## The extras unique to Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 258-card checklist plus 186 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 60 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Scarlet & Violet master set

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

- **Gardevoir** — Gardevoir ex (#86), Gardevoir ex (#228), Gardevoir ex (#245)
- **Drowzee** — Drowzee (#210)
- **Ralts** — Ralts (#211)
- **Kirlia** — Kirlia (#212)
- **Slowpoke** — Slowpoke (#204)

## The Scarlet & Violet master-set total

All in, a complete Scarlet & Violet master set is **444 cards** versus 198 for the base — about 2.2× the work, or roughly 50 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Scarlet & Violet.

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