Paldean Fates has 81 cards with a reverse holo version.
Reverse holos in Paldean Fates
A reverse holo foils the card body instead of the artwork, giving the same card two finishes. Paldean Fates has 81 reverse holo cards, mostly from its 40 Commons, 25 Uncommons and 16 non-holo Rares — 81 cards in those everyday tiers. Even staples for Mew, Charizard, Gardevoir and Pikachu usually get one.
Star Pokémon to grab reverse copies of in Paldean Fates
- Mew — Mew ex (#216), Mew ex (#232)
- Charizard — Charizard ex (#54), Charizard ex (#234)
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir ex (#29), Gardevoir ex (#217), Gardevoir ex (#233)
- Pikachu — Pikachu (#131)
- Snorlax — Snorlax (#202)
Why Paldean Fates' reverse holos matter
None of these 81 show on the base checklist of 91, so they're extra cards to track when finishing Paldean Fates. There are no pattern variants in Paldean Fates, so reverse holos are the main extra layer. Counted in, a full Paldean Fates master set is 326 cards — about 37 9-pocket pages versus 11 for the base set.
By contrast the top pulls — Mew ex, Charizard ex and Gardevoir ex — come as full-art rares, not reverse holos, so they sit outside this 81-card pool. The reverse run is the cheap everyday cards: lots of slots, low cost.
Collecting the Paldean Fates reverse holos
At 81 cards, the reverse-holo set is roughly 89% the size of Paldean Fates' 91-card base — a whole second pass through the everyday slots. They sleeve into about 9 extra 9-pocket pages, so factor that in before committing to a full Paldean Fates master set.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.