Maushold
Quick take
- The Illustration Rare shows both Maushold family forms; the regular print shows only Family of Three
- The art references the Pokedex entry about Maushold's many-roomed nests
- Illustrated by Mizue, a long-tenured Pokemon TCG artist
- A story-first card in a set otherwise known for big-money pulls
Collector's readWhat it means for your master set
Set landscapeWhere this card sits in Paldea Evolved
VariantsCard variants
Holofoil 226/193 · $88.54 — the only variant this card was printed in (no reverse holo or special pattern), so a master set needs just this one copy.
The storyA lore-driven art card in a set built around heavy hitters
Maushold is one of the gentler Illustration Rares in Paldea Evolved. The set is best known for its flashier alt arts and ex cards. This one slows down and tells a small story. The regular print shows only the Family of Three form. The Illustration Rare goes further and puts both the Family of Three and the Family of Four on the card, which is the detail collectors point to first.
“The Illustration Rare shows both Maushold family forms; the regular print shows only Family of Three”
The scene ties directly to Maushold's Pokedex line about building huge nests with many rooms, eating in one and sleeping in another. Mizue takes that idea and runs with it. The card reads as a domestic moment rather than a battle pose, and that is unusual for the rarity tier.
It is not a chase card by price, and nobody pretends otherwise. The value is in being a clean, well-loved character piece that fills a specific slot in a Paldea Evolved master set.
By the numbersMarket analysis
This sits in the lower-to-mid band of Paldea Evolved Illustration Rares. It is firmly an affordable IR, not one of the set's price anchors. The real money in Paldea Evolved lives with the Special Illustration Rares and the chase ex cards, and this card trades well below those.
Raw copies have seen modest upward movement lately, in line with broader renewed interest in Paldea Evolved singles. Nothing dramatic. It behaves like a steady IR that tends to firm up as the set ages and sealed product dries out.
Treat this as a checklist and art piece, not a speculative play. It should hold and slowly appreciate as Paldea Evolved sealed product disappears, but it is unlikely to spike. The upside case is a graded gem-mint copy on a well-liked Pokemon.
Graded gem-mint copies carry a clear premium over raw, which is typical for surface-sensitive Scarlet & Violet holo IRs. The raw-to-graded jump is the main way value is unlocked on a card at this price level.
In Scarlet & Violet sets you pull some Illustration Rare roughly once every 12 packs. That figure covers any IR in the set, and Paldea Evolved has a long list of them. The odds of hitting this specific Maushold run far longer, since each pulled IR is just as likely to be one of the many others. For comparison, any Double Rare lands about 1 in 5 packs, any Ultra Rare about 1 in 15, any Special Illustration Rare around 1 in 90, and a Hyper Rare anywhere from 1 in 300 to 1 in 700. If you want this exact card, buying the single is far cheaper than chasing it in packs.
As IRs go, this is on the common side to land in raw form and on the affordable side to buy. It is not a short-printed secret rare or a high-difficulty pull relative to the set's SIRs and Hyper Rares. The scarcity that matters here is condition-based, meaning finding a truly clean copy rather than raw rarity.
ArtworkWhy the art matters
Mizue is a long-tenured Pokemon TCG illustrator who debuted in the Call of Legends era around 2011. The catalog leans toward soft, character-focused work rather than action shots, with credits like Radiant Charjabug from Crown Zenith. This Maushold fits that warm, narrative pattern.
The Illustration Rare puts both Maushold forms on the card, the Family of Three and the Family of Four, instead of the single family shown on the regular print. The composition plays off the Pokedex idea of a nest full of rooms, so the read is closer to a home scene than a fight. It is a calm, full-art layout with the mice as the clear focus.
Standard Scarlet & Violet Illustration Rare treatment: full-art frame, holo finish, regulation mark G, numbered 226/193 as a secret-rare slot above the 193-card main set. The holo pattern and borderless art make centering and surface condition the main things to inspect.
The dual-family detail is the hook. Showing both Maushold forms together is a small storytelling choice the regular print does not get, and it rewards anyone who knows the Pokemon's lore. That is the whole appeal here.
BackgroundAbout Maushold
Maushold debuted in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as the evolution of Tandemaus, a Normal-type introduced in the Paldea region. The gimmick is the family unit. Maushold appears as either a Family of Three or a Family of Four, and the larger family is the rarer encounter in the games. The whole identity of the Pokemon is built around being a little household of mice.
- ›The family-unit design is genuinely novel and easy to like
- ›Strong Pokedex lore about multi-room nests that the art draws on
- ›Ties to the well-loved Tandemaus pre-evolution
- ›Appeals to collectors who favor cute, character-driven cards
- ›Introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (2022) as the evolution of Tandemaus
- ›Featured across multiple Scarlet & Violet TCG sets, with this Paldea Evolved Illustration Rare being a standout art print
Own it wellCollector guide
Borderless Scarlet & Violet IRs show edge whitening and surface scratches easily because the holo runs to the edge. Check the corners and the flat holo areas under angled light. Centering varies on full-art prints, so eyeball the art framing top-to-bottom and side-to-side before buying.
Worth grading only if the raw copy is genuinely clean, with sharp corners, no surface lines, and good centering. At this price point a low grade rarely justifies the fee. If you have a strong candidate, grading for a gem-mint result is the one path to a real premium. Read the grading guide →
Penny sleeve plus a toploader or one-touch for any copy you care about. Keep it out of direct light and away from humidity. For graded copies, store the slab upright and avoid stacking weight on the case. See the storage guide →
Buy the single rather than chasing it in packs; the math heavily favors it. Prioritize photos of the actual card showing corners and surface, not stock images. For a master set, a clean raw NM copy is plenty unless you specifically want a graded run. See the singles buying guide →
Modern Scarlet & Violet IRs are far less faked than vintage cards, but still verify the regulation mark G, the 226/193 number, and Mizue's name in the art credit. The holo behavior and crisp text printing on genuine copies are easy tells against low-effort reprints.
Protect your card
Low Chase Score — basic protection is plenty. · Amazon affiliate links · Storage guideWord on the streetCommunity sentiment
Collectors consistently describe the art as clean and charming, and the dual-family detail gets called out as the reason to want this print over the regular one. It is treated as a likeable, low-pressure IR rather than a hyped card.
Buzz is steady and modest. It comes up in Paldea Evolved master-set checklists and in Mizue artist threads more than in big-pull hype posts. No major controversy or chase narrative is attached to it.
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