Mega Evolution

Cinderace

MEGFR28· Rare
Cinderace MEG 28

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
160
Type
Fire
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
28/132
Set
Mega EvolutionMEGSet guide
Illustrated by
REND

Its Ability

ExplosivenessExplosivité

If this Pokémon is in your hand when you are setting up to play, you may put it face down in the Active Spot.Si ce Pokémon est dans votre main lorsque vous préparez la partie, vous pouvez le placer face cachée sur le Poste Actif.

Its attacks

Turbo FlareFlamboiement Turbo

50

Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Energy cards and attach them to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 3 cartes Énergie de base, puis attachez-les à vos Pokémon de Banc comme il vous plaît. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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 retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Explosiveness. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Mega Zygarde ex runs it in 14 of the 26 lists we have read, seen across 12 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

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

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 1,533 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

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
Mega Zygarde ex14 of 2612MEG 28
Hydreigon ex13 of 4613MEG 28
Wailord ex10 of 319MEG 28
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)9 of 208MEG 28
Eelektrik6 of 286MEG 28
Mega Abomasnow ex6 of 334MEG 28
Archaludon ex5 of 285MEG 28
Cinderace ex3 of 63MEG 28
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex3 of 243MEG 28
Azumarill2 of 342MEG 28
Mega Charizard X ex2 of 402MEG 28
Mega Feraligatr ex2 of 262MEG 28
Mega Absol ex1 of 221MEG 28
Mega Darkrai ex1 of 281MEG 28
Mega Dragonite ex1 of 291MEG 28
Mega Sharpedo ex1 of 111MEG 28
N's Zoroark ex1 of 441MEG 28
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone1 of 331MEG 28

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.

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 22 Cinderace cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Cinderace card and its price