Prismatic Evolutions

Iron Thorns ex PRE 32/131

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Iron Thorns ex PRE 32

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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 32/131 there. Its illustration is signed PLANETA Mochizuki.
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.

HP
230
Type
Lightning
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
H
Number
32/131
Set
Prismatic EvolutionsPRESet guide
Illustrated by
PLANETA Mochizuki

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its Ability

Initialization

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, Pokémon with a Rule Box in play (both yours and your opponent's) have no Abilities, except for Future Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.)

Its attacks

Volt Cyclone

140

Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched 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, Initialization. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Iron Thorns ex runs it in 30 of the 30 lists we have read, seen across 25 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 H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  5. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  6. 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.

  7. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 1,210 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Iron Thorns 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Iron Thorns ex30 of 3025TWM 77
Eelektrik2 of 372TWM 77
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik2 of 662TWM 77

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 5 Iron Thorns cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Iron Thorns card and its price