Paldea Evolved has 176 cards with a reverse holo version.
Reverse holos in Paldea Evolved
A reverse holo foils the card body instead of the artwork, giving the same card two finishes. Paldea Evolved has 176 reverse holo cards, mostly from its 81 Commons, 70 Uncommons and 25 non-holo Rares — 176 cards in those everyday tiers. Even staples for Magikarp, Raichu, Maushold and Tyranitar usually get one.
Star Pokémon to grab reverse copies of in Paldea Evolved
- Magikarp — Magikarp (#203)
- Raichu — Raichu (#211)
- Maushold — Maushold (#226)
- Tyranitar — Tyranitar (#222)
- Tinkaton — Tinkaton ex (#240), Tinkaton ex (#262)
Why Paldea Evolved's reverse holos matter
None of these 176 show on the base checklist of 193, so they're extra cards to track when finishing Paldea Evolved. There are no pattern variants in Paldea Evolved, so reverse holos are the main extra layer. Counted in, a full Paldea Evolved master set is 455 cards — about 51 9-pocket pages versus 22 for the base set.
By contrast the top pulls — Magikarp, Raichu and Maushold — come as full-art rares, not reverse holos, so they sit outside this 176-card pool. The reverse run is the cheap everyday cards: lots of slots, low cost.
Collecting the Paldea Evolved reverse holos
At 176 cards, the reverse-holo set is roughly 91% the size of Paldea Evolved's 193-card base — a whole second pass through the everyday slots. They sleeve into about 20 extra 9-pocket pages, so factor that in before committing to a full Paldea Evolved master set.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.