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11 master set cards
— official cards
Market coverage is incomplete
NM only
2 of 11 cards priced
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LP and up
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MP and up
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HP and up
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DMG and up
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Slots and binder pages, variant families, where the cost sits, the most valuable slots and how it compares with the PCG era.
The variants are the first thing to understand about the Master Kit (Torchic) master set, because they make up nearly all of its shape: 11 slots cover 11 cards, so each card adds one slot and the master set checklist is as short as a set can be. Normal prints fill 10 slots and a single holo fills the last. Laid out nine to a side, the whole run takes just 1 double-sided binder page. It is a small Japanese Pokémon TCG release from the PCG era, dated July 15, 2005, and the full count is easy to keep in mind.
Three families divide the 11 slots in this master set. Normal 1st Edition is the largest at 8 slots, followed by plain Normal at 2 and one Holo 1st Edition slot. A 1st Edition print carries the edition mark that separates early-run cards from later ones, so completing those slots means matching the marked versions, while the 2 plain Normal slots have no such mark. There is no reverse holo family here, so the finishes stay simple: normal prints plus one holo.
| Variant family | Slots | Priced | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal 1st Edition | 8 | 1 | 60% |
| Normal | 2 | 0 | — |
| Holo 1st Edition | 1 | 1 | 40% |
Written from market data as of October 24, 2026; the tables update live.
Shares of the master set’s priced value, from the slot prices in the checklist above.
At 11 slots, the Master Kit (Torchic) master set is a very small job, and its neighbors in release order are both larger. The previous set, Mirage's Mew Constructed Starter Deck, has 21 slots, and the next, Holon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck, also has 21, so each asks for 10 more slots than this one. Next to those decks, this Japanese Pokémon TCG master set fits on a single binder page, which makes it one of the quicker master set checklists to complete among PCG era releases.
| Measure | This setMaster Kit (Torchic) | Previous setMirage's Mew Constructed Starter Deck | Next setHolon Research Tower Fire Quarter Deck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jul 15, 2005 | Jun 30, 2005 | Sep 30, 2005 |
| Slots | 11 | 21 | 21 |
| Cards | 11 | 17 | 15 |
| Master set value | ≥ $5.00 | ≥ $221.19 | ≥ $177.09 |
A Master Kit (Torchic) master set is one copy of every card AND every variant in the set — the 11 cards on this page, with their Normal, Reverse Holo and Holo prints each listed and priced on their own. Sign in and the checklist tracks what you own, in step with the Cardboard Alpha app.
The large NM-only figure is a complete catalog estimate when every printing has current NM pricing. LP, MP, HP, and DMG “and up” totals below it use the requested condition or a better available condition. These are summed reference prices, not a quote from one seller; a dash means the current market does not cover every printing yet.
“LP and up” means lightly played or better: the total uses LP when available, then NM as the better-condition fallback. The MP, HP, and DMG tiers follow the same pattern.
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11 variants