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: €55.00. Played a little: €5.00. Worn: €4.85.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 289/217 there. Its illustration is signed chibi.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 72 out of 100. At least 7 copies have sold since 5 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Ascended Heroes

Steven's Metagross ex ASC 289/217

ASCFRSpecial illustration rare

You receive

€55.00

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

How much is your Steven's Metagross ex worth?

A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €55.00 today.

Today · You get

€55.00

€5.00 more than on 23 September

€55.00

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
23 September	€50.00
24 September	€55.00
25 September	€55.00
26 September	€55.00
27 September	€55.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

72out of 100

Intermediate pace

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French.

Copies gone since 5 September: at least 7
For sale on 27 September: 33
For sale on 5 September: 32

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Steven's Metagross ex ASC 289/217?: A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €55.00 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: €55.00. Played a little: €5.00. Worn: €4.85.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 289/217 there. Its illustration is signed chibi.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 72 out of 100. At least 7 copies have sold since 5 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. 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: 340
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 3
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 289/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: chibi

Its Ability

X-BootTrans-fer

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Basic Energy card, a Basic Energy card, or 1 of each and attach them to your Pokémon and Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.Une fois pendant votre tour, vous pouvez chercher dans votre deck une carte Énergie de base, une carte Énergie de base, ou une de chaque et les attacher à vos Pokémon et Pokémon comme il vous plaît. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

Its attacks

Metal StompPiétinement Métallique

200

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
It has an Ability, X-Boot. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 64 of the 64 lists we have read, seen across 61 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
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
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Steven's Metang to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,244 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

Every printing of Steven's Metagross 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
Steven's Metagross ex	64 of 64	61	DRI 145
Doublade	17 of 43	17	DRI 145
Hydreigon ex	3 of 65	3	DRI 145
Mega Diancie ex	1 of 12	1	DRI 145

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 33 Metagross cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Metagross card and its price