Rare Candy
Rare Candy has appeared in several sets: Scarlet & Violet (SVI 191), Paldean Fates (PAF 89) and Mega Evolution (MEG 125). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.
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.
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
- It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
- Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 46 of the 46 lists we have read, seen across 15 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alakazam / Dusknoir | 46 of 46 | 15 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir | 39 of 41 | 33 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 38 of 38 | 33 | MEG 125 |
| Greninja ex | 37 of 37 | 32 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 36 of 37 | 33 | MEG 125 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 36 of 36 | 34 | MEG 125 |
| hydreigon-ex | 36 of 41 | 32 | MEG 125 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 35 of 35 | 33 | MEG 125 |
| Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex | 34 of 34 | 28 | MEG 125 |
| Alakazam / Dudunsparce | 33 of 33 | 33 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 33 of 33 | 30 | MEG 125 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 29 of 29 | 29 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 29 of 30 | 28 | MEG 125 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass | 28 of 28 | 28 | MEG 125 |
| Alakazam | 25 of 25 | 17 | MEG 125 |
| Blaziken / N's Zoroark ex | 25 of 25 | 20 | MEG 125 |
| iron-thorns-ex | 25 of 29 | 21 | MEG 125 |
| Toucannon | 23 of 23 | 21 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Feraligatr ex | 21 of 21 | 21 | MEG 125 |
| rocket-nidoking-ex | 21 of 22 | 19 | MEG 125 |
| Blaziken ex | 20 of 20 | 19 | MEG 125 |
| mamoswine-ex | 20 of 21 | 20 | MEG 125 |
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 18 of 41 | 18 | MEG 125 |
| Gengar ex | 17 of 17 | 17 | MEG 125 |
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 16 of 19 | 16 | MEG 125 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 16 of 17 | 16 | MEG 125 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 15 of 30 | 15 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Dragonite ex | 14 of 28 | 14 | MEG 125 |
| mega-gengar-ex | 14 of 14 | 14 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 13 of 27 | 13 | MEG 125 |
| other | 13 of 37 | 13 | MEG 125 |
| Palafin ex | 13 of 34 | 13 | MEG 125 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 12 of 24 | 12 | MEG 125 |
| doublade-por | 11 of 24 | 11 | MEG 125 |
| Flygon ex | 10 of 10 | 10 | MEG 125 |
| Dragapult ex / Froslass | 9 of 21 | 9 | MEG 125 |
| eelektrik-blk | 8 of 20 | 8 | MEG 125 |
| Feraligatr | 8 of 13 | 8 | MEG 125 |
| Dudunsparce | 7 of 22 | 7 | MEG 125 |
| Archaludon ex | 6 of 24 | 5 | MEG 125 |
| Luxray ex | 6 of 6 | 6 | MEG 125 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 6 of 17 | 6 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 6 of 44 | 6 | MEG 125 |
| Azumarill | 5 of 31 | 5 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 5 of 35 | 5 | MEG 125 |
| Metagross | 5 of 34 | 5 | MEG 125 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 4 of 23 | 4 | MEG 125 |
| Dragapult ex | 4 of 34 | 4 | MEG 125 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 4 of 28 | 4 | MEG 125 |
| Decidueye ex | 3 of 25 | 3 | MEG 125 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 3 of 24 | 3 | MEG 125 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 3 of 28 | 3 | MEG 125 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 3 of 24 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Toxtricity | 3 of 29 | 3 | MEG 125 |
| bronzong-tef | 2 of 25 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 51 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Excadrill ex | 2 of 26 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| mega-sharpedo-ex | 2 of 8 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 2 of 29 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 2 of 33 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Seaking | 2 of 34 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Sylveon | 2 of 18 | 2 | MEG 125 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 38 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| Erika's Victreebel | 1 of 22 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| Ethan's Magcargo | 1 of 21 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 1 of 32 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| mega-latias-ex | 1 of 8 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 26 | 1 | MEG 125 |
| yanmega-ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | MEG 125 |
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.
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