Mega Evolution
Iron Defender
MEG118· Uncommon
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
- Scizor ex runs it in 6 of the 12 lists we have read, seen across 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scizor ex | 6 of 12 | 6 | MEG 118 |
| Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce | 3 of 26 | 3 | MEG 118 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 3 of 23 | 3 | MEG 118 |
| Metagross | 3 of 34 | 3 | MEG 118 |
| Archaludon ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | MEG 118 |
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.