# How many cards are in Shining Fates?

> Shining Fates has 72 cards in the main set, or 73 including its 1 secret rares.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-shining-fates — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Shining Fates has 72 cards in the main set, or 73 including its 1 secret rares.**

## Inside the Shining Fates checklist

Shining Fates' numbered 72-card base set splits into 58 Pokémon, 15 Trainers and 0 Energy. It's a Sword & Shield-series release and ranks the #36 largest set Nomekop tracks by printed count. The marquee Pokémon and their cards in Shining Fates:

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

## Secret rares: #73 to #73 in Shining Fates

Anything numbered past the printed total of 72 is a secret rare. Shining Fates has 1 of them — #73 through #73 — which lift the count from 72 to 73. The headline pulls up there:

- [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)

By rarity tier the rarer pool is 9 Rare Ultras, 8 Rare Holo Vs, 7 Rare Holos and 6 Rare Holo VMAXs.

## Collecting all of Shining Fates

Want a master set? Add every reverse holo (46) and the target reaches 119 cards — about 1.7× the base set, or roughly 14 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Decide up front whether you're after the 72-card base Shining Fates or the full run.

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