Xerosic's Machinations
Xerosic's Machinations arrived with Shrouded Fable on 2 August 2024. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.
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
- Crustle runs it in 43 of the 46 lists we have read, seen across 36 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crustle | 43 of 46 | 36 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 28 of 33 | 25 | SFA 64 |
| iron-thorns-ex | 25 of 29 | 22 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 21 of 35 | 20 | SFA 64 |
| Sylveon | 14 of 18 | 14 | SFA 64 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 12 of 28 | 12 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 11 of 36 | 10 | SFA 64 |
| Dudunsparce | 7 of 22 | 7 | SFA 64 |
| hydreigon-ex | 7 of 41 | 7 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 7 of 34 | 7 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 7 of 29 | 7 | SFA 64 |
| Palafin ex | 7 of 34 | 7 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Camerupt ex | 5 of 28 | 5 | SFA 64 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 5 of 33 | 5 | SFA 64 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 5 of 35 | 5 | SFA 64 |
| Beedrill ex | 4 of 27 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| Blaziken ex | 4 of 20 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 4 of 37 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| doublade-por | 4 of 24 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 4 of 24 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| mega-abomasnow-ex | 4 of 28 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 4 of 17 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 4 of 35 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| other | 4 of 37 | 4 | SFA 64 |
| Luxray ex | 3 of 6 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 3 of 38 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Metagross | 3 of 34 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Scizor ex | 3 of 12 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 3 of 21 | 3 | SFA 64 |
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 2 of 41 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| bronzong-tef | 2 of 25 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 2 of 35 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 38 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Ethan's Magcargo | 2 of 21 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Flareon ex / Noctowl | 2 of 28 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 2 of 24 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 2 of 28 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Wailord ex | 2 of 26 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| N's Zoroark ex / Crustle | 2 of 6 | 2 | SFA 64 |
| Archaludon ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| blissey-ex | 1 of 18 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex | 1 of 34 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Dragapult ex | 1 of 34 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Dragapult ex / Froslass | 1 of 21 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Gengar ex | 1 of 17 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 1 of 32 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 24 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama | 1 of 44 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 1 of 29 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Absol ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Feraligatr ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 27 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| mega-latias-ex | 1 of 8 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 1 of 35 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Paldean Tauros | 1 of 15 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 1 of 49 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 1 of 17 | 1 | SFA 64 |
| Toucannon | 1 of 23 | 1 | SFA 64 |
When it came out
Shrouded Fable landed here on 2 August 2024.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 7 June 2024, under the code SV6a. That is 56 days ahead of us.
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