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186 master set cards
147 official cards
186 catalog total
186 / 186 priced
NM only
Complete catalog estimate
$18,941.07
Slots and binder pages, variant families, where the cost sits, the most valuable slots and how it compares with the WOTC era.
LP and up
$17,115.86
MP and up
$14,093.55
HP and up
$12,279.86
DMG and up
$10,801.15
The Aquapolis master set takes 349 slots, set against the 186 cards in the set: 147 official cards plus 39 secret cards, with each card adding about 1.9 slots on average. Normal prints and reverse holos each fill 157 slots, and the holo finish adds another 35. Laid out nine to a side, the full run fills 20 double-sided binder pages. For a WOTC era set from the English-language Pokémon TCG, released January 15, 2003, that is a sizeable master set checklist to work through.
The Aquapolis master set is built mostly from two large families, 152 reverse holo slots and 151 normal slots, with 35 holo slots on top. Reverse holos are not limited to the commons: they appear across Common, Uncommon, Rare and Holo Rare cards, which is why the reverse holo family sits so close to the normal one. The remaining slots are small and specialised: 5 Reverse Holo Jumbo versions and a handful of normal prints carrying the names Kevin Nguyen, Chris Fulop and Reed Weichler, each a separate binder slot.
| Variant family | Slots | Priced | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reverse Holo | 152 | 151 | 38% |
| Normal | 151 | 151 | 15% |
| Holo | 35 | 35 | 47% |
| Reverse Holo Jumbo | 5 | 0 | — |
| Normal Kevin Nguyen | 3 | 3 | <1% |
| Normal Chris Fulop | 2 | 2 | <1% |
| Normal Reed Weichler | 1 | 1 | <1% |
The Aquapolis master set cost is spread more evenly than the holo-heavy checklist suggests. The ten most valuable slots hold 27 percent of the total, while the lower-value half of the priced slots adds up to only 9 percent. By finish, holos carry 44 percent of the value, reverse holos 40 percent and normal prints 17 percent, so the reverse holo run matters almost as much as the holos. As of October 24, 2026, 343 of the 349 slots carry a price. Totals for LP and up sit 29 percent below Near Mint, and MP and up sit 28 percent below.
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.
The hardest slots in the Aquapolis master set are led by the holo Houndoom and holo Umbreon, both Holo Rare cards, followed by the holo Nidoking, a Rare, and the holo Tyranitar, a Holo Rare. The surprise sits in 4th place: the Reverse Holo Psyduck, a Common, which outranks holos of far higher rarity. It is a variant slot rather than the card's main print, so the plain Psyduck tells nothing about what the reverse holo asks. Together the five hardest slots hold 19 percent of the master set's total value.
At 349 slots, the Aquapolis master set runs about 1.5 times the era median of 226 slots among WOTC sets. By master set value it ranks 3rd of 16 comparable sets in its era, so it is a larger and higher-value job than most. Its neighbours are close in size: Expedition Base Set needs 344 slots and holds lower master set value, while Skyridge needs 343 slots and holds higher value. Of the three, Aquapolis asks for the most slots.
| Measure | This setAquapolis | Median of 16 setsWOTC median | Previous setExpedition Base Set | Next setSkyridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Jan 15, 2003 | — | Sep 15, 2002 | May 12, 2003 |
| Slots | 349 | 225 | 344 | 343 |
| Cards | 186 | 111 | 165 | 182 |
| Master set value | $25,153.83 | $2,605.06 | $10,912.39 | $39,565.13 |
A Aquapolis master set is one copy of every card AND every variant in the set — the 186 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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