Destined Rivals
Yanmega 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
- Grass
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
- Regulation mark
- I
Its Ability
Buzzing Boost
Once during your turn, when this Pokémon moves from your Bench to the Active Spot, you may search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and attach them to this Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Its attacks
Jet Cyclone
210Move 3 Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched 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.
- It has an Ability, Buzzing Boost. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- yanmega-ex runs it in 25 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 21 different tournaments.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
- Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 281 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| yanmega-ex | 25 of 25 | 21 | DRI 3 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 2 of 30 | 2 | DRI 3 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 1 of 27 | 1 | DRI 3 |
When it came out
Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 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 21 Yanmega cards on one page, priciest first.