XY Master Set Checklist & Cost

Variants in the XY master set

Four families make up the XY master set. Reverse holo is the largest at 123 slots, and it covers Rare, Uncommon and Common cards, so most of the set's reverse holo slots sit among the everyday pulls. Normal prints add 116 slots, and the 30 holo slots hold the set's holofoil cards. One further family, Normal Professor Program, adds a single slot. A reverse holo is simply a second print of the same card with the foil on the card body rather than the artwork box, and each one needs its own pocket in a complete master set.

Where the XY master set's cost sits

The XY master set cost is heavily concentrated: the ten most valuable slots hold 65 percent of the total value, while the lower-value half of the priced slots together account for just 5 percent. Holos carry 73 percent of the value despite being the smallest finish by slot count, reverse holos hold 21 percent, and normal prints only 6 percent. Of the 270 slots, 269 carry a price. As of October 24, 2026, the LP and up total sits 35 percent below Near Mint and the MP and up total sits 58 percent below, so condition tolerance moves the total sharply.

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

• Top 10 slots64%
• Holo slots71%
• Reverse holo slots21%
• Normal slots7.4%
• Lower-value half5.1%

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

Hardest XY master set slots

The hardest slots are the high-tier holo EX cards. Blastoise EX leads, followed by Xerneas EX, Venusaur EX, Yveltal EX and Emolga EX, each an Ultra Rare in its Holo variant rather than an unusual variant of a lesser card. Together these five hold 54 percent of the XY master set's total value, so finishing the set mostly means landing those few EX holos while the large bulk of normal and reverse holo slots is comparatively easy to fill.

Most valuable slots

1. 1Blastoise EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$208.97
2. 2Venusaur EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$124.99
3. 3Xerneas EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$117.70
4. 4Yveltal EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$99.73
5. 5Emolga EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$55.29
6. 6Skarmory EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$40.12
7. 7M Blastoise EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$33.48
8. 8M Venusaur EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$23.28
9. 9Yveltal EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$19.27
10. 10Xerneas EX · Holo · Ultra Rare$17.56

How the XY master set compares

At 270 slots, the XY master set is about 1.3 times the era median of 209 slots among 14 comparable sets of the XY era, so it is a larger job than most. By master set value it ranks 12th of those 14, which means the extra slots do not translate into a higher-value set. The previous set, Legendary Treasures, has 243 slots and a master set that holds higher value. The next set, Flashfire, is smaller at 197 slots yet also holds higher value, so the XY master set sits at the lower-value end of its neighbours.