Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Mega Heracross ex
Phantasmal Flames · #4 · Double Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.52
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 4 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 280
- Subtype
- Basic · MEGA · ex
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex #
- 214
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 170 damage
- 56.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Mega Heracross ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Mountain Ramming) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 170 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Grass Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Grass type, weak to Fire ×2 — a Fire attacker doing ≥140 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Mega Heracross ex
- Exploit its Fire weakness — ≥140 damage one-shots it.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.49 copies on average · 53 decks
- Match win rate
- 37.3%
- -9.8 pts vs the 47.1% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Mega Venusaur ex
in 27% of decks · 14 seen
Ivysaur
in 27% of decks · 14 seen
Bulbasaur
in 27% of decks · 14 seen
Lively Stadium
in 23% of decks · 12 seen
Chikorita
in 27% of decks · 14 seen
Growing Grass Energy
in 48% of decks · 25 seen
Forest of Vitality
in 77% of decks · 40 seen
Prism Energy
in 27% of decks · 14 seen
More by 5ban Graphics
This card was illustrated by 5ban Graphics.
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About this card
GGJuggernaut Horn — 100+
If this Pokémon was damaged by an attack during your opponent's last turn, this attack does that much more damage.
GGGMountain Ramming — 170
Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck.
Mega Evolution ex Rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
Weakness:R×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Mega Heracross ex was legal.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
20
ran Mega Heracross ex
Tournaments scanned
306
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 7th
Top decks running Mega Heracross ex
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.10 | $0.75 | $750.00 | $0.52 | — |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Mega Heracross ex is real?
Mega Heracross ex is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Mega Heracross ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Mega Heracross ex is $0.52; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Mega Heracross ex from?
Mega Heracross ex is from the Pokémon set "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Mega Heracross ex?
Mega Heracross ex is a Double Rare card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Mega Heracross ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
