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Cinderace

Cinderace

Cinderace arrived with Mega Evolution on 26 September 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP160
TypeFire
StageStage 2
Retreat cost0
WeaknessWater ×2
Regulation markI

ITS ABILITY

ExplosivenessIf this Pokémon is in your hand when you are setting up to play, you may put it face down in the Active Spot.

ITS ATTACKS

Turbo Flare50ColorlessSearch your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

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.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
  • It has an Ability, Explosiveness. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
  • hydreigon-ex runs it in 12 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 12 different tournaments.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Raboot to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
  • Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,150 tournament lists we have read, 1,281 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.

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
hydreigon-ex12 of 4112MEG 28
Wailord ex9 of 268MEG 28
Wailord ex9 of 208MEG 28
mega-abomasnow-ex6 of 284MEG 28
mega-zygarde-ex5 of 175MEG 28
eelektrik-blk4 of 204MEG 28
Archaludon ex3 of 243MEG 28
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex3 of 193MEG 28
Azumarill2 of 312MEG 28
Mega Charizard X ex2 of 382MEG 28
Mega Absol ex1 of 211MEG 28
Mega Dragonite ex1 of 281MEG 28
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 211MEG 28
mega-sharpedo-ex1 of 81MEG 28
N's Zoroark ex1 of 331MEG 28
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone1 of 281MEG 28

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 22 Cinderace cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Cinderace card and its price

Where to find it

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