Ascended Heroes

Steven's Metagross ex

ASC289· Special illustration rare
Steven's Metagross ex ASC 289

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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
340
Type
Metal
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Set
Ascended Heroes (ASC)

Its Ability

X-Boot

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Basic Energy card, a Basic Energy card, or 1 of each and attach them to your Pokémon and Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

Its attacks

Metal Stomp

200

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, X-Boot. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 38 of the 38 lists we have read, seen across 36 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. 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.

  6. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Steven's Metang to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex38 of 3836DRI 145
doublade-por12 of 2512DRI 145

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 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 33 Metagross cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Metagross card and its price