Phantasmal Flames

Empoleon ex

PFLFR70· Double rare

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 320
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 70/94
Set: Phantasmal FlamesPFLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Emperor's StancePosture de l'Empereur

Prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)Évitez tous les effets infligés à ce Pokémon provenant des attaques utilisées par les Pokémon de votre adversaire. (Les dégâts ne sont pas un effet.)

Its attacks

Iron FeathersPlumes de Fer

210

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 60 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).Pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire, ce Pokémon subit 60 dégâts de moins provenant des attaques (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance).

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
320 HP. Only 4 cards in Phantasmal Flames carry more.
A strength
Iron Feathers hits for 210 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Phantasmal Flames hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Emperor's Stance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 33 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 32 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Prinplup to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Steven's Metagross ex	33 of 41	32	PFL 70
Metagross	6 of 36	6	PFL 70
Archaludon ex	2 of 28	2	PFL 70
Mega Excadrill ex	1 of 30	1	PFL 70

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 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 Empoleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Empoleon card and its price

Phantasmal Flames

Empoleon ex

PFLFR70· Double rare

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 320
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 70/94
Set: Phantasmal FlamesPFLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Emperor's StancePosture de l'Empereur

Its attacks

Iron FeathersPlumes de Fer

210

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
320 HP. Only 4 cards in Phantasmal Flames carry more.
A strength
Iron Feathers hits for 210 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Phantasmal Flames hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Emperor's Stance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 33 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 32 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Prinplup to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Steven's Metagross ex	33 of 41	32	PFL 70
Metagross	6 of 36	6	PFL 70
Archaludon ex	2 of 28	2	PFL 70
Mega Excadrill ex	1 of 30	1	PFL 70

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 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 Empoleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Empoleon card and its price

Phantasmal Flames

Empoleon ex

PFLFR70· Double rare

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

Check the number and illustration against the card you are looking for.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 320
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 70/94
Set: Phantasmal FlamesPFLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Emperor's StancePosture de l'Empereur

Its attacks

Iron FeathersPlumes de Fer

210

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
320 HP. Only 4 cards in Phantasmal Flames carry more.
A strength
Iron Feathers hits for 210 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Phantasmal Flames hits harder for that price.
A strength
It has an Ability, Emperor's Stance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 33 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 32 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
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.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Prinplup to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Steven's Metagross ex	33 of 41	32	PFL 70
Metagross	6 of 36	6	PFL 70
Archaludon ex	2 of 28	2	PFL 70
Mega Excadrill ex	1 of 30	1	PFL 70

When it came out

Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 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 Empoleon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Empoleon card and its price