Mega Evolution
Mega Absol ex
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.
- HP
- 280
- Type
- Darkness
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- I
Its attacks
Terminal Period
If your opponent's Active Pokémon has exactly 6 damage counters on it, that Pokémon is Knocked Out.
Claw of Darkness
200Your opponent reveals their hand, and you discard a card you find there.
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
- Toxtricity runs it in 29 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 28 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 a Mega Evolution ex, and that is the most expensive rule in the game. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 3 Prizes instead of one. They need six to win, so 2 knockouts on this card are enough. Send it out knowing that.
- Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 2,021 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toxtricity | 29 of 29 | 28 | MEG 86 |
| Mega Absol ex | 21 of 21 | 18 | MEG 86 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 4 of 27 | 4 | MEG 86 |
| Blaziken ex | 2 of 20 | 2 | MEG 86 |
| blissey-ex | 2 of 18 | 2 | MEG 86 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 2 of 34 | 2 | MEG 86 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 53 | 2 | MEG 86 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 43 | 1 | MEG 86 |
| mega-sharpedo-ex | 1 of 9 | 1 | MEG 86 |
| other | 1 of 38 | 1 | MEG 86 |
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.