Paldea Evolved is the set that made the era's decks consistent: Iono became the defining hand-disruption Supporter, Chien-Pao ex and Bax...
Paldea Evolved is the set that made the era's decks consistent: Iono became the defining hand-disruption Supporter, Chien-Pao ex and Baxcalibur built the Water engine, and Squawkabilly ex gave every deck a first-turn fix. If base set was the foundation, this was the plumbing.
Paldea Evolved — Scarlet & Violet series, released June 9, 2023. Official totals: 279 cards, of which 193 are the main set and 86 are secret rares above the printed line.
The Set by Rarity (from the official card data)
- Double Rare: 17
- Ultra Rare: 16
- Special Illustration Rare: 7
- Illustration Rare: 34
- Rare: 25
- Uncommon: 70
- Common: 81
Related reading: Temporal Forces Set Breakdown: The Ace Spec Era Peaks — keep it open for when you finish this one.
Read as a collector, that table is the set's personality: 17 Double Rare ex anchor the playable chase, 16 Ultra Rares carry the full-art treatments, and 41 Illustration-class and Hyper-class cards form the art-first tier that most collectors actually hunt. Read as a player, the same table is a shopping map — the Double Rare line is where the format's tools live.
Composition, for deck builders: the set's Pokémon lean Grass (36), Water (32), Psychic (31) by card count, backed by 25 Trainer cards in the data. Type density is destiny for a set's decks — it predicts which archetypes the set can feed on its own and which must import help from neighboring sets.
Notable Pokémon ex by Name
Bellibolt ex, Chi-Yu ex, Chien-Pao ex, Copperajah ex, Dedenne ex, Forretress ex, Lycanroc ex, Meowscarada ex, Noivern ex, Paldean Clodsire ex, Pikachu ex, Quaquaval ex, Skeledirge ex, Slowking ex, Squawkabilly ex, Ting-Lu ex, Wo-Chien ex.
Illustration highlights in the data include: Arctibax, Baxcalibur, Boss's Orders (Ghetsis), Bramblin, Chien-Pao ex, Crocalor, Dendra, Eiscue, Farigiraf, Fletchinder.
However you approach Paldea Evolved Set Breakdown — player, collector, or both — start with the numbers: size, secret count, and the ex list. Those three facts predict how a set opens, how it plays, and how it ages in a binder.
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