Mega Evolution

Alakazam

MEGEN056· Rare
Alakazam MEG 56

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What the card itself says

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HP
140
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Set
Mega Evolution (MEG)

Its Ability

Psychic Draw

Once during your turn, when you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may use this Ability. Draw 3 cards.

Its attacks

Powerful Hand

Place 2 damage counters on your opponent's Active Pokémon for each card in your hand.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Psychic Draw. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 52 of the 52 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Kadabra to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,987 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Alakazam / Dusknoir52 of 5220MEG 56
Alakazam / Dudunsparce34 of 3434MEG 56
Alakazam25 of 2517MEG 56
Seaking2 of 392MEG 56
Lillie's Clefairy ex1 of 311MEG 56
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce1 of 541MEG 56
Mega Chandelure ex1 of 341MEG 56

When it came out

Mega Evolution landed here on 26 September 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 1 August 2025, under the code M1L + M1S. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 31 Alakazam cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Alakazam card and its price