Destined Rivals

Ethan's Ho-Oh ex

DRI239· Hyper rare
Ethan's Ho-Oh ex DRI 239

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What the card itself says

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

HP
230
Type
Fire
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
239/182
Set
Destined RivalsDRISet guide
Illustrated by
aky CG Works

Its Ability

Golden Flame

Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan's Pokémon.

Its attacks

Shining Feathers

160

Heal 50 damage from each of your 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.

  1. A strength

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

  2. A strength

    Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 25 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  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 an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  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
Ethan's Magcargo25 of 2524DRI 39
Mega Latias ex5 of 85DRI 39
Mega Charizard X ex3 of 403DRI 39

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.

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 37 Ho Oh cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ho Oh card and its price