Journey Together

Maractus

JTG8· Uncommon
Maractus JTG 8

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What the card itself says

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

HP
110
Type
Grass
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
8/159
Set
Journey TogetherJTGSet guide
Illustrated by
Dsuke

Its Ability

Exploding Needles

If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot and is Knocked Out by damage from an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, put 6 damage counters on the Attacking Pokémon.

Its attacks

Corner

20

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

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, Exploding Needles. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Mega Chandelure ex runs it in 19 of the 36 lists we have read, seen across 19 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

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Chandelure ex19 of 3619JTG 8
Dragapult ex / Froslass10 of 3210JTG 8
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass5 of 315JTG 8
Blaziken ex3 of 213JTG 8
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex2 of 372JTG 8
Yanmega ex2 of 272JTG 8
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex1 of 351JTG 8
Dudunsparce1 of 291JTG 8
Feraligatr1 of 161JTG 8
Froslass / Munkidori1 of 321JTG 8
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir1 of 271JTG 8
Mega Dragonite ex1 of 291JTG 8
Mega Froslass ex1 of 291JTG 8
Mega Lopunny ex1 of 211JTG 8
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium1 of 331JTG 8
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone1 of 331JTG 8

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

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 13 Maractus cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Maractus card and its price