Base Set 2 Master Set Checklist & Cost

Variants in the Base Set 2 master set

Base Set 2 has no reverse holo layer, so the Base Set 2 master set is built from only a few families. The Normal family is by far the largest at 109 slots, followed by 20 Holo slots, the foil-pattern prints that anchor the set. One further slot is a separate Normal Wotc print of a card that also appears in the main normal run. For a collector that single extra slot is the detail worth checking, because it sits apart from the plain normal and holo counts.

Where the Base Set 2 master set's cost sits

The Base Set 2 master set cost is heavily lopsided. Of the 130 slots, all 130 carry a price as of October 24, 2026, and the ten most valuable slots hold 68 percent of the total value. Holos account for 85 percent of it against 15 percent for normals, while the lower-value half of the priced slots adds up to just 3 percent. Condition matters a great deal: the LP and up total sits 43 percent below Near Mint, and the MP and up total sits 58 percent below it.

Written from market data as of October 24, 2026; the tables update live.

• Top 10 slots69%
• Holo slots85%
• Normal slots15%
• Lower-value half2.9%

Shares of the master set’s priced value, from the slot prices in the checklist above.

Hardest Base Set 2 master set slots

The difficulty in this master set sits in five holo rares: the Charizard, Mewtwo, Blastoise, Venusaur and Raichu holos, in that value order. Together they hold 55 percent of the master set's total value. None of them is a variant slot, since each is the card's main holo print, so there are no hidden surprises in the checklist. The challenge is simply that the top of the Base Set 2 master set is concentrated in a handful of famous holographic rare cards.

Most valuable slots

1. 1Charizard · Holo · Rare$455.00
2. 2Mewtwo · Holo · Rare$209.98
3. 3Blastoise · Holo · Rare$130.98
4. 4Venusaur · Holo · Rare$112.74
5. 5Raichu · Holo · Rare$59.99
6. 6Alakazam · Holo · Rare$54.99
7. 7Zapdos · Holo · Rare$47.82
8. 8Gyarados · Holo · Rare$45.21
9. 9Nidoking · Holo · Rare$41.27
10. 10Pidgeot · Holo · Rare$34.93

How the Base Set 2 master set compares

At 130 slots, the Base Set 2 master set is about 0.6 times the era median of 226 slots among WOTC sets, so it is a short job by the standards of its era. By master set value it ranks 15th of 16 comparable sets, near the bottom. Fossil, the previous set, takes 269 slots, and its master set holds lower value than this one. Team Rocket, the next set, takes 172 slots and its master set holds higher value.