# How many cards are in a Sword & Shield master set?

> A Sword & Shield master set is 390 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/how-many-cards-in-sword-shield-master-set — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**A Sword & Shield master set is 390 cards — every card plus its 165 reverse holos.**

## What a Sword & Shield master set includes

One of everything: all 216 numbered cards — the 202 base plus 14 secret rares — then every reverse holo, 165 of them. The headline cards you have to land:

- [Snorlax VMAX (#206)](/card/swsh1-206) — Rare Rainbow (~$96.57)
- [Snorlax VMAX (#142)](/card/swsh1-142) — Rare Holo VMAX (~$63.86)
- [Marnie (#200)](/card/swsh1-200) — Rare Ultra (~$38.23)
- [Snorlax V (#197)](/card/swsh1-197) — Rare Ultra (~$31.13)
- [Morpeko VMAX (#204)](/card/swsh1-204) — Rare Rainbow (~$24.78)
- [Marnie (#208)](/card/swsh1-208) — Rare Rainbow (~$22.75)

## The extras unique to Sword & Shield

Sword & Shield has no special pattern variants, so the master set is the 216-card checklist plus 165 reverse holos — no extra pattern foils to chase beyond the 14 secret rares.

## Star Pokémon in the Sword & Shield master set

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

- **Snorlax** — Snorlax V (#197), Snorlax VMAX (#206)
- **Morpeko** — Morpeko V (#190), Morpeko VMAX (#204)
- **Zacian** — Zacian V (#195), Zacian V (#211)
- **Lapras** — Lapras V (#189), Lapras VMAX (#203)
- **Sableye** — Sableye V (#194)

## The Sword & Shield master-set total

All in, a complete Sword & Shield master set is **390 cards** versus 202 for the base — about 1.9× the work, or roughly 44 pages in a 9-pocket binder. Sleeve and storage budget should target the larger number if you're going all the way on Sword & Shield.

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