Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €3.70. Worn: €2.15.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read JTG 186/159 there. Its illustration is signed DOM.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.

It goes slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 45 out of 100. At least 13 copies have sold since 8 September.

Journey Together

Hop's Zacian ex JTG 186/159

JTGJPSpecial illustration rare

You receive

€10.00

45pokoSCORE

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Hop's Zacian ex worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.

Today · You get

€10.00

The same price as on 26 September

€10.00

26 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
26 September	€10.00
27 September	€10.00

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pokoSCORE

It goes slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Gone since 8 September: at least 13
For sale on 26 September: 97
For sale on 8 September: 69 or more

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Hop's Zacian ex JTG 186/159?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €10.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €10.00. Played a little: €3.70. Worn: €2.15.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read JTG 186/159 there. Its illustration is signed DOM.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Journey Together set, released here on 28 March 2025.
Does it sell fast?: It goes slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 45 out of 100. At least 13 copies have sold since 8 September.

When it came out

Journey Together landed here on 28 March 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 24 January 2025, under the code SV9. That is 63 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.

HP: 230
Type: Metal
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 186/159
Set: Journey TogetherJTGSet guide
Illustrated by: DOM

Its attacks

Insta-Strikeせつなぎり

This attack also does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)相手のベンチポケモン1匹にも、30ダメージ。［ベンチは弱点・抵抗力を計算しない。］

Brave Slashブレイブスラッシュ

240

During your next turn, this Pokémon can't use Brave Slash.次の自分の番、このポケモンは「ブレイブスラッシュ」が使えない。

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
Hop's Zacian ex runs it in 48 of the 48 lists we have read, seen across 48 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 1,241 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Hop's Zacian ex 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
Hop's Zacian ex	48 of 48	48	JTG 111
Hop's Trevenant	12 of 62	11	JTG 111

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 Zacian cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Zacian card and its price