Destined Rivals
Ethan's Ho-Oh 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
- 230
- Type
- Fire
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- I
Its Ability
Golden Flame
Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan's Pokémon.
Its attacks
Shining Feathers
160Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon.
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 has an Ability, Golden Flame. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 21 of the 21 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- 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.
- Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,240 tournament lists we have read, 1,327 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethan's Magcargo | 21 of 21 | 20 | DRI 39 |
| mega-latias-ex | 5 of 8 | 5 | DRI 39 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 3 of 38 | 3 | DRI 39 |
When it came out
Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.