Mega Evolution
Mega Latias 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
- Dragon
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Regulation mark
- I
Its attacks
Strafe
40You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Illusory Impulse
300Discard all Energy from this 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
- Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
- Illusory Impulse hits for 300 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Mega Evolution hits harder for that price.
- mega-latias-ex runs it in 8 of the 8 lists we have read, seen across 8 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- 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.
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.
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-latias-ex | 8 of 8 | 8 | MEG 100 |
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.
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 37 Latias cards on one page, priciest first.