151 is a love letter with teeth: every Kanto Pokémon reprinted for the modern game, with Charizard ex, Blastoise ex, Venusaur ex, Mew ex, an...
151 is a love letter with teeth: every Kanto Pokémon reprinted for the modern game, with Charizard ex, Blastoise ex, Venusaur ex, Mew ex, and Zapdos ex all genuinely playable. As a special set it has no booster boxes on shelves the usual way — its products are bundles and tins — which shapes how its chase cards move.
151 — Scarlet & Violet series, released September 22, 2023. Official totals: 207 cards, of which 165 are the main set and 42 are secret rares above the printed line.
The Set by Rarity (from the official card data)
- Double Rare: 12
- Ultra Rare: 16
- Special Illustration Rare: 7
- Illustration Rare: 16
- Hyper Rare: 3
- Rare: 25
- Uncommon: 62
- Common: 66
Related reading: Paldean Fates Set Breakdown: Shiny Pokémon and Reprint Power — keep it open for when you finish this one.
Read as a collector, that table is the set's personality: 12 Double Rare ex anchor the playable chase, 16 Ultra Rares carry the full-art treatments, and 26 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 Water (38), Grass (30), Colorless (25) by card count, backed by 21 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
Alakazam ex, Arbok ex, Blastoise ex, Charizard ex, Golem ex, Jynx ex, Kangaskhan ex, Mew ex, Ninetales ex, Venusaur ex, Wigglytuff ex, Zapdos ex.
Illustration highlights in the data include: Alakazam ex, Blastoise ex, Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Charizard ex, Charmander, Charmeleon, Dragonair, Erika's Invitation, Giovanni's Charisma.
However you approach Pokémon 151 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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