Reshiram

Card facts

Quick reference for collectors and graders.

Set position

17 / 130

Release year

2025

Rarity

Rare

HP

130

Subtype

Basic

Retreat cost

2 energy

Regulation mark

I

Illustrator

AKIRA EGAWA

Pokédex #

643

Series

Mega Evolution

Strategy & play

How Reshiram 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 (Burning Flare) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
• Hits for 240 — one-shots most single-prize attackers and many ex, but not 300+ HP walls.
• Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
• Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥65 effectively one-shots it.
• A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.

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.

Pignite

in 37% of decks · 10 seen

Emboar

in 37% of decks · 10 seen

Mega Charizard Y ex

in 63% of decks · 17 seen

Firebreather

in 89% of decks · 24 seen

Mega Charizard X ex

in 63% of decks · 17 seen

Charmeleon

in 59% of decks · 16 seen

Charmander

in 59% of decks · 16 seen

Oricorio ex

in 63% of decks · 17 seen

About this card

Tournament play

Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).

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.

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