Generations Master Set Checklist & Cost

Variants in the Generations master set

The Generations master set is built from three variant families: Normal prints, Reverse Holo prints and Holo prints, with Normal the largest at 98 slots. The reverse holo family comes from the Common, Uncommon and Rare cards, so each of those carries a second slot beyond its standard print. A reverse holo is the same card printed with a holographic finish across the card body rather than only the art window. No stamped or special-edition families appear in this set, so completing the master set is a matter of working through those three finishes.

Where the Generations master set's cost sits

As of October 24, 2026, 181 of the 183 slots in the Generations master set carry a price, and the value sits heavily at the top. The ten most valuable slots hold 56 percent of the master set's total value, while the lower-value half of the priced slots adds up to only 2 percent. By finish, normal prints hold 60 percent of the total, holos 25 percent and reverse holos 15 percent. In practice the master set cost is decided by a short run of top slots, and the long tail of commons and uncommons barely moves the figure.

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

• Top 10 slots56%
• Normal slots61%
• Holo slots25%
• Reverse holo slots15%
• Lower-value half2.5%

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

Hardest Generations master set slots

A handful of Ultra Rare cards make the Generations master set hard to finish. In value order the leaders are the Normal print of Sylveon EX, the Normal print of Flareon EX, the Holo print of M Charizard EX, the Normal print of Pikachu and the Normal print of M Gardevoir EX. All five are Ultra Rare, and none is a variant slot: each is the card's main print or its standard holo. Together these five slots hold 38 percent of the master set's total value, so most of the effort and spend lands on them.

Most valuable slots

1. 1Sylveon EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$193.85
2. 2Flareon EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$188.64
3. 3Pikachu · Normal · Ultra Rare$150.50
4. 4M Charizard EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$150.27
5. 5M Gardevoir EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$106.99
6. 6Gardevoir EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$105.92
7. 7Sylveon EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$95.84
8. 8Flareon EX · Normal · Ultra Rare$87.84
9. 9Gengar · Reverse Holo · Rare$56.78
10. 10Zapdos · Holo · Ultra Rare$47.78

How the Generations master set compares

At 183 slots, the Generations master set is a smaller job than most XY era sets, at 0.9 times the era median of 209 slots. By master set value it ranks 6th among the 14 comparable sets of its era. The neighbouring sets are both larger: BREAKpoint, the previous set, has 222 slots and Fates Collide, the next, has 225, and the master sets of both hold less value than this one. Generations therefore asks for fewer slots than the sets on either side of it while holding more value.