Destined Rivals has 165 cards with a reverse holo version.
Reverse holos in Destined Rivals
A reverse holo foils the card body instead of the artwork, giving the same card two finishes. Destined Rivals has 165 reverse holo cards, mostly from its 85 Commons, 62 Uncommons and 18 non-holo Rares — 165 cards in those everyday tiers. Even staples for Team Rocket's Mewtwo, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ethan's Ho-Oh and Team Rocket's Nidoking usually get one.
Star Pokémon to grab reverse copies of in Destined Rivals
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#81), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#213), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#231), Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex (#240)
- Cynthia's Garchomp — Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#104), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#215), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#232), Cynthia's Garchomp ex (#241)
- Ethan's Ho-Oh — Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#39), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#209), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#230), Ethan's Ho-Oh ex (#239)
- Team Rocket's Nidoking — Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#119), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#216), Team Rocket's Nidoking ex (#233)
- Team Rocket's Moltres — Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#31), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#208), Team Rocket's Moltres ex (#229)
Why Destined Rivals' reverse holos matter
None of these 165 show on the base checklist of 182, so they're extra cards to track when finishing Destined Rivals. There are no pattern variants in Destined Rivals, so reverse holos are the main extra layer. Counted in, a full Destined Rivals master set is 409 cards — about 46 9-pocket pages versus 21 for the base set.
By contrast the top pulls — Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex, Cynthia's Garchomp ex and Ethan's Ho-Oh ex — come as full-art rares, not reverse holos, so they sit outside this 165-card pool. The reverse run is the cheap everyday cards: lots of slots, low cost.
Collecting the Destined Rivals reverse holos
At 165 cards, the reverse-holo set is roughly 91% the size of Destined Rivals' 182-card base — a whole second pass through the everyday slots. They sleeve into about 19 extra 9-pocket pages, so factor that in before committing to a full Destined Rivals master set.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.