# How many cards are in a Surging Sparks master set?

> A Surging Sparks master set is 417 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-surging-sparks-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**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)](/card/sv8-238) — Special Illustration Rare (~$358.36)
- [Latias ex (#239)](/card/sv8-239) — Special Illustration Rare (~$194.45)
- [Milotic ex (#237)](/card/sv8-237) — Special Illustration Rare (~$142.91)
- [Pikachu ex (#247)](/card/sv8-247) — Hyper Rare (~$95.41)
- [Hydreigon ex (#240)](/card/sv8-240) — Special Illustration Rare (~$43.41)
- [Latios (#203)](/card/sv8-203) — 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.