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

> A Shining Fates master set is 119 cards — every card plus its 46 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-shining-fates-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Shining Fates master set is 119 cards — every card plus its 46 reverse holos.**

## What a Shining Fates master set includes

One of everything: all 73 numbered cards — the 72 base plus 1 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 46 of them. The headline cards you have to land:

- [Skyla (#72)](/card/swsh45-72) — Rare Ultra (~$12.00)
- [Poké Kid (#70)](/card/swsh45-70) — Rare Ultra (~$10.52)
- [Alcremie V (#64)](/card/swsh45-64) — Rare Ultra (~$6.77)
- [Ditto VMAX (#51)](/card/swsh45-51) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$5.19)
- [Alcremie VMAX (#73)](/card/swsh45-73) — Rare Rainbow (~$4.90)
- [Kyogre (#21)](/card/swsh45-21) — Amazing Rare (~$4.25)

## The extras unique to Shining Fates

Shining Fates has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 73-card checklist plus 46 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 1 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Shining Fates master set

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

- **Alcremie** — Alcremie V (#64), Alcremie VMAX (#73)
- **Kyogre** — Kyogre (#21)
- **Reshiram** — Reshiram (#17)
- **Yveltal** — Yveltal (#46)

## The Shining Fates master-set total

All in, a complete Shining Fates master set is **119 cards** versus 72 for the base — about 1.7× the work, or roughly 14 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Shining Fates.

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