Scarlet & Violet has 186 cards with a reverse holo version.
Reverse holos in Scarlet & Violet
A reverse holo foils the card body instead of the artwork, giving the same card two finishes. Scarlet & Violet has 186 reverse holo cards, mostly from its 105 Commons, 60 Uncommons and 21 non-holo Rares — 186 cards in those everyday tiers. Even staples for Gardevoir, Drowzee, Ralts and Kirlia usually get one.
Star Pokémon to grab reverse copies of in Scarlet & Violet
- Gardevoir — Gardevoir ex (#86), Gardevoir ex (#228), Gardevoir ex (#245)
- Drowzee — Drowzee (#210)
- Ralts — Ralts (#211)
- Kirlia — Kirlia (#212)
- Slowpoke — Slowpoke (#204)
Why Scarlet & Violet's reverse holos matter
None of these 186 show on the base checklist of 198, so they're extra cards to track when finishing Scarlet & Violet. There are no pattern variants in Scarlet & Violet, so reverse holos are the main extra layer. Counted in, a full Scarlet & Violet master set is 444 cards — about 50 9-pocket pages versus 22 for the base set.
By contrast the top pulls — Gardevoir ex, Drowzee and Ralts — come as full-art rares, not reverse holos, so they sit outside this 186-card pool. The reverse run is the cheap everyday cards: lots of slots, low cost.
Collecting the Scarlet & Violet reverse holos
At 186 cards, the reverse-holo set is roughly 94% the size of Scarlet & Violet's 198-card base — a whole second pass through the everyday slots. They sleeve into about 21 extra 9-pocket pages, so factor that in before committing to a full Scarlet & Violet master set.
Figures are from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.