Phantasmal Flames
Empoleon ex
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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.
- HP
- 320
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
- Regulation mark
- I
Its Ability
Emperor's Stance
Prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)
Its attacks
Iron Feathers
210During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 60 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).
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
- 320 HP. Only 5 cards in Phantasmal Flames carry more.
- Iron Feathers hits for 210 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Phantasmal Flames hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Emperor's Stance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 30 of the 38 lists we have read, seen across 29 different tournaments.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
- It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Prinplup to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
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.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven's Metagross ex | 30 of 38 | 29 | PFL 70 |
| Metagross | 5 of 34 | 5 | PFL 70 |
| Archaludon ex | 2 of 24 | 2 | PFL 70 |
| Mega Excadrill ex | 1 of 26 | 1 | PFL 70 |
When it came out
Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 days ahead of us.
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 Empoleon cards on one page, priciest first.