A Surging Sparks master set is 417 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.
What a Surging Sparks master set includes
One of everything: all 252 numbered cards — the 191 base plus 61 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 165 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:
- Pikachu ex (#238) — Special Illustration Rare (~$358.36)
- Latias ex (#239) — Special Illustration Rare (~$194.45)
- Milotic ex (#237) — Special Illustration Rare (~$142.91)
- Pikachu ex (#247) — Hyper Rare (~$95.41)
- Hydreigon ex (#240) — Special Illustration Rare (~$43.41)
- Latios (#203) — Illustration Rare (~$38.23)
The extras unique to Surging Sparks
Surging Sparks has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 252-card checklist plus 165 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 61 secret rares.
Star Pokémon in the Surging Sparks master set
A master set means chasing every print of the set's headline Pokémon, not just one each:
- Pikachu — Pikachu ex (#57), Pikachu ex (#219), Pikachu ex (#238), Pikachu ex (#247)
- Latias — Latias ex (#76), Latias ex (#220), Latias ex (#239)
- Milotic — Milotic ex (#42), Milotic ex (#217), Milotic ex (#237)
- Hydreigon — Hydreigon ex (#119), Hydreigon ex (#223), Hydreigon ex (#240)
- Latios — Latios (#203)
The Surging Sparks master-set total
All in, a complete Surging Sparks master set is 417 cards versus 191 for the base — about 2.2× the work, or roughly 47 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Surging Sparks.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.