Temporal Forces leaned into the past-and-future Paradox theme again but is remembered most for its Trainer lineup and Ace Spec power — Prime...
Temporal Forces leaned into the past-and-future Paradox theme again but is remembered most for its Trainer lineup and Ace Spec power — Prime Catcher headlined a set where the single-copy Ace Spec cards were genuine chase pulls. Raging Bolt ex gave Lightning its favorite toy here too.
Temporal Forces — Scarlet & Violet series, released March 22, 2024. Official totals: 218 cards, of which 162 are the main set and 56 are secret rares above the printed line.
The Set by Rarity (from the official card data)
- Double Rare: 15
- Ultra Rare: 18
- Special Illustration Rare: 10
- Illustration Rare: 22
- Hyper Rare: 6
- ACE SPEC Rare: 7
- Rare: 14
- Uncommon: 55
- Common: 71
Related reading: Mega Evolution Base Set Breakdown: The Mega Era Begins — keep it open for when you finish this one.
Read as a collector, that table is the set's personality: 15 Double Rare ex anchor the playable chase, 18 Ultra Rares carry the full-art treatments, and 38 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 (33), Psychic (25), Fighting (24) by card count, backed by 31 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
Farigiraf ex, Gengar ex, Gouging Fire ex, Incineroar ex, Iron Boulder ex, Iron Crown ex, Iron Leaves ex, Koraidon ex, Miraidon ex, Raging Bolt ex, Scizor ex, Scovillain ex, Torterra ex, Walking Wake ex, Wugtrio ex.
Illustration highlights in the data include: Arbok, Bianca's Devotion, Bronzor, Charjabug, Chatot, Cinccino, Cutiefly, Deerling, Drampa, Eri.
However you approach Temporal Forces 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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