Twilight Masquerade

Iron Thorns ex

TWMEN196· Ultra Rare
Iron Thorns ex TWM 196

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What the card itself says

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HP
230
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Set
Twilight Masquerade (TWM)

Its Ability

Initialization

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, Pokémon with a Rule Box in play (both yours and your opponent's) have no Abilities, except for Future Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.)

Its attacks

Volt Cyclone

140

Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched 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.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Initialization. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    iron-thorns-ex runs it in 29 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  6. Keep in mind

    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.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 760 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 2026. TCGdex

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
iron-thorns-ex29 of 2924TWM 77
eelektrik-blk2 of 202TWM 77

When it came out

Twilight Masquerade landed here on 24 May 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 April 2024, under the code SV6. That is 28 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 5 Iron Thorns cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Iron Thorns card and its price