Phantasmal Flames
Ignition Energy
PFL124· Ultra Rare
Versions of this card
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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.
- Regulation mark
- I
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
- Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir runs it in 44 of the 45 lists we have read, seen across 38 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 44 of 45 | 38 | WHT 86 |
| Team Rocket's Honchkrow | 39 of 39 | 35 | WHT 86 |
| Greninja ex | 38 of 38 | 33 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 34 of 37 | 31 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Froslass | 31 of 39 | 29 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Camerupt ex | 29 of 30 | 28 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 20 of 30 | 20 | WHT 86 |
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 19 of 19 | 19 | WHT 86 |
| Decidueye ex | 13 of 25 | 13 | WHT 86 |
| doublade-por | 13 of 25 | 13 | WHT 86 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 9 of 25 | 7 | WHT 86 |
| blissey-ex | 6 of 18 | 6 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 3 of 39 | 3 | WHT 86 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 2 of 28 | 2 | WHT 86 |
| Alakazam | 1 of 25 | 1 | WHT 86 |
| Cinccino ex | 1 of 29 | 1 | WHT 86 |
| Crustle | 1 of 53 | 1 | WHT 86 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 43 | 1 | WHT 86 |
| Mega Feraligatr ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | WHT 86 |
| Palafin ex | 1 of 34 | 1 | WHT 86 |
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.