MEP Black Star Promos

Moltres MEP 96

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When it came out

MEP Black Star Promos landed here on 26 September 2025.

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: 120
Type: Fire
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 96
Set: MEP Black Star PromosMEPSet guide
Illustrated by: Krgc

Its Ability

Fiery Flapping

Once during your turn, if you have Articuno and Zapdos in play, you may use this Ability. Attach a Basic Energy card from your hand to this Pokémon.

Its attacks

Fire Spin

130

Discard 2 Energy from this 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.

A strength
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It has an Ability, Fiery Flapping. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Mega Charizard X ex runs it in 2 of the 53 lists we have read, seen across 2 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 J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 2,171 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Moltres 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
Mega Charizard X ex	2 of 53	2	30C 11