How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PRE 172/131 there. Its illustration is signed Tomowaka.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Prismatic Evolutions set, released here on 17 January 2025.

Prismatic Evolutions

Drayton PRE 172/131

PREJPSpecial illustration rare

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Versions of this card

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SSP 174Surging SparksUncommonYou receiveWe cannot estimate this card right now.
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SSP 244Surging SparksSpecial illustration rareYou receive€1.95
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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PRE 172/131 there. Its illustration is signed Tomowaka.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Prismatic Evolutions set, released here on 17 January 2025.

When it came out

Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

Regulation mark: H
Number: 172/131
Set: Prismatic EvolutionsPRESet guide
Illustrated by: Tomowaka

Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. You may reveal a Pokémon and a Trainer card you find there and put them into your hand. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck.自分の山札を上から7枚見て、その中からポケモンとトレーナーズを1枚ずつ選び、相手に見せて、手札に加える。残りのカードは山札にもどして切る。

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.

A strength
Mega Lopunny ex runs it in 4 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 4 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Drayton plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Lopunny ex	4 of 24	4	SSP 174
Cinderace ex	2 of 6	2	SSP 174
Palafin ex	2 of 42	2	SSP 174
Yanmega ex	2 of 41	2	SSP 174
Hydreigon ex	1 of 65	1	SSP 174
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	1 of 76	1	SSP 174
Mega Froslass ex	1 of 43	1	SSP 174
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity	1 of 92	1	SSP 174
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir	1 of 70	1	SSP 174
Steven's Metagross ex	1 of 64	1	SSP 174
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone	1 of 38	1	SSP 174
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)	1 of 20	1	SSP 174