Pokémon TCG: Perfect Order — Set Guide, Chase Cards & Binder Setup
By the NinePocket team · Updated August 14, 2026 · 4 min read
Perfect Order is here — the third Mega Evolution-era set, 124 cards deep with Mega Zygarde ex leading the way. Here’s what’s inside, which cards are worth hunting, and how to fit the whole set in a binder.
Release date: March 27, 2026Cards: 88 + 36 secret raresSeries: Mega Evolution
Perfect Order (set code ME03) is the third main expansion of the Mega Evolution era, released worldwide on March 27, 2026. It’s themed after Pokémon Legends: Z-A, trading Paldea’s wilds for the ordered streets of Lumiose City — a set built around balance and keeping the peace, with Mega Zygarde ex arriving as the Legendary that embodies strength in numbers. In Japan the parent set is Nihil Zero.
Dedenne
Perfect Order · $5.15
Dedenne, a Kalos Pokémon suiting the set's Lumiose City setting, and the third-priciest illustration rare here.
Perfect Order is a 124-card set: 88 cards in the printed, numbered base set and another 36 secret rares numbered past it. The rarity spread is 44 commons, 24 uncommons, 11 rares, 9 double rares, 18 ultra rares, 11 illustration rares, 6 special illustration rares, and a single Mega Hyper Rare. The headline is Mega Zygarde ex, which shows up in two premium versions: a special illustration rare (#120) and a gold Mega Hyper Rare (#124) that is the only card in the whole set at that rarity. Meowth ex, Mega Clefable ex, and Mega Starmie ex fill out the premium layer alongside a deep run of illustration rares.
Jacinthe
Perfect Order · $24.23
The Jacinthe Supporter, the sixth and least expensive of the set’s special illustration rares.
The surprise at the top is Meowth ex — its special illustration rare is the highest-priced card in Perfect Order in the launch window, edging out even the gold Mega Zygarde ex. It helps that a Meowth ex is one of the set’s most-played competitive cards, so deck-builders and collectors are chasing the same pull. For a Trainer-art pick, Rosa’s Encouragement is the standout Supporter as a special illustration rare. Remember these are launch-window prices: a brand-new set is at its most expensive in the first weeks, and early numbers usually cool as more product gets opened.
Have the binder ready
Now that packs are in hand, the layout is simple math. The 88-card printed set fits in ten 9-pocket pages — 88 cards fill nine full pages plus seven pockets on the tenth, leaving two empty. The full 124-card master set, secret rares included, takes fourteen pages, so a standard 360-card zip binder holds the whole thing nearly three times over. Set-number order is the standard sort for a single set; sleeve your pages and decide penny-sleeve-or-double-sleeve before you start sorting the hits.
The whole set, page by page
How a 9-pocket page of these cards would look in a real binder. Pick a page layout:
124 cards = 14 pages of 9-pocket, or 8 pages of 4×4.
Perfect Order on NinePocket
The full set page is live: every one of the 124 cards with market prices, illustrator credits, and card-by-card detail. The most-valuable Perfect Order ranking is up as well, and the printables — binder dividers, a master-set checklist, and placeholder cards — are free to download. Everything is ready to use now that the set has released.
Every rarity in the set
Common
Snorlax
#63
Uncommon
Poké Pad
#81
Rare
Gengar
#50
Double Rare
Meowth ex
#62
Ultra Rare
Meowth ex
#107
Illustration Rare
Clefairy
#94
Special Illustration Rare
Meowth ex
#121
Mega Hyper Rare
Mega Zygarde ex
#124
Sealed products: what's a fair price
MSRP is what each in-print product is meant to cost at retail. If a listing sits meaningfully above these numbers, you're paying the early-window markup — and while a set is in print, restocks come around often, so there's rarely a reason to overpay.
Top card of the set. The special illustration rare Meowth ex leads Perfect Order’s market prices at launch, and with a Meowth ex seeing heavy competitive play, deck-builders and collectors are after the same pull.
The only Mega Hyper Rare in Perfect Order — one card in all 124 wears that rarity. It’s the gold treatment of Mega Zygarde ex, the Legendary that serves as the set’s mascot.
The Trainer pick — Rosa’s Encouragement is the set’s standout Supporter as a special illustration rare, a character card rather than a Pokémon and one of the higher-value pulls.
Perfect Order (set code ME03) released worldwide on March 27, 2026, as the third main expansion of the Mega Evolution era. Its launch also triggered the Standard-format rotation, retiring the older “G” regulation-mark cards from competitive play.
What is the best card in Perfect Order?
By launch-window market price the top card is the special illustration rare Meowth ex, which edges out even the gold Mega Hyper Rare Mega Zygarde ex. Value aside, Mega Zygarde ex is the set’s mascot and central Legendary, and it appears as both a special illustration rare and the set’s single Mega Hyper Rare.
How many cards are in a Perfect Order master set?
124 cards total — an 88-card printed base set plus 36 secret rares numbered past it. The printed set fits in ten 9-pocket pages, and the full master set takes fourteen, so a standard 360-card zip binder holds it with plenty of room to spare.
What is the pack trick for Perfect Order?
Perfect Order uses the modern Scarlet & Violet-era pack order, so one move does it: remove the code card from the back, put the basic Energy at the front, and thumb through to end on your rare or illustration rare. Our pack trick guide (/guides/pokemon-pack-trick) covers older sets too.
Does the Perfect Order card trick work?
Yes, and "card trick" and "pack trick" are two names for the same thing. Perfect Order packs follow the Scarlet & Violet-era order, so the cards sit in a fixed sequence with the rarest at the back. Peel off the code card, move the single basic Energy to the front, then thumb through — the last card is your holo, ultra rare or illustration rare, and the one before it is a reverse holo. It tells you where the hit is inside a pack you are already opening. It cannot identify a good sealed pack from the outside and it does not change the printed pull rates.
