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16 master set cards
8 official cards
16 / 16 priced
NM only
Complete catalog estimate
$2.89
Slots and binder pages, variant families, where the cost sits, the most valuable slots and how it compares with the Mega Evolution era.
LP and up
$1.71
MP and up
$2.05
HP and up
$2.05
DMG and up
$2.05
The cost of finishing the Mega Evolution Energy master set is concentrated, but the job itself is small: 24 slots spread over 16 cards, which works out to 1.5 slots per card. The official count is 8 cards, and the extra finishes supply the rest. Holo, normal and reverse holo each account for 8 slots. In a binder the full master set checklist fills 2 double-sided pages at nine cards a side. It is a short run for a Mega Evolution era set released on September 25, 2025 in the English-language Pokémon TCG.
The Mega Evolution Energy master set is built from three finishes of 8 slots each: holo, normal and reverse holo. A normal print is the standard flat-finish card. A holo carries a foil treatment, and a reverse holo puts the foil across the card with the art left matte. Reverse holos in this set appear on Common-tier cards. Every slot in the checklist is one of these three finishes, which keeps the master set checklist simple to track in a binder.
| Variant family | Slots | Priced | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holo | 8 | 8 | 42% |
| Normal | 8 | 8 | 25% |
| Reverse Holo | 8 | 8 | 33% |
As of October 24, 2026, 24 of the 24 slots carry a price, and the value in the Mega Evolution Energy master set cost leans toward reverse holos. That finish holds 40 percent of the total, ahead of holo at 31 percent and normal at 29 percent. The ten most valuable slots hold 50 percent, while the lower-value half of the priced slots holds just 41 percent, so the spread between top and bottom is modest. Condition matters: an LP and up master set sits 34 percent below the Near Mint total, and an MP and up set sits 41 percent below it.
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 Mega Evolution Energy master set are mostly variants. In value order they are the reverse holo Grass Energy, the reverse holo Darkness Energy, the reverse holo Psychic Energy and the reverse holo Fighting Energy, all Common-tier cards. The fifth is the normal Psychic Energy, the only main print among them. Together these five slots hold 28 percent of the master set's total value. That catches collectors out: the reverse holo of a basic energy, a card that looks like filler, is where the value concentrates.
Measured by slots, the Mega Evolution Energy master set is a small project beside its neighbours. The previous set, McDonald's Collection 2024, has 15 slots, and its master set holds higher value than this one. The next set, MEP Black Star Promos, runs to 174 slots and also holds higher value. So the 24-slot set sits between a slightly smaller set and a far larger promo run, and both neighbours hold more value to complete. For a master set collector, it is quick to assemble and light on binder pages.
| Measure | This setMega Evolution Energy | Previous setMcDonald's Collection 2024 | Next setMEP Black Star Promos |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release date | Sep 25, 2025 | Dec 4, 2024 | Sep 26, 2025 |
| Slots | 24 | 15 | 174 |
| Cards | 16 | 15 | 107 |
| Master set value | $2.86 | $19.93 | $2,514.66 |
A Mega Evolution Energy master set is one copy of every card AND every variant in the set — the 16 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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24 variants