Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Rotom ex
Phantasmal Flames · #126 · Special Illustration Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$17.88
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 126 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Special Illustration Rare
- HP
- 190
- Subtype
- Basic · ex
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Yoshimi Miyoshi
- Pokédex #
- 479
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 65 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 Rotom 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 (Thunderbolt) needs 2 Energy — a turn-2 swing on manual attachment.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥95 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 Rotom ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥95 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
- 2.33 copies on average · 3 decks
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by Yoshimi Miyoshi
This card was illustrated by Yoshimi Miyoshi.
Building around Rotom ex?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
Ability: Multi Adapter
Each of your Pokémon that has "Rotom" in its name may have up to 2 Pokémon Tool cards attached. If this Ability goes away, discard Pokémon Tools from those Pokémon until only 1 remains on each.
LCThunderbolt — 130
Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Rotom ex or Phantasmal Flames.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Rotom ex was legal.
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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 | $16.00 | $20.55 | $218.20 | $17.88 | — |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Rotom ex is real?
Rotom 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 Rotom ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Rotom ex is $17.88; 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 Rotom ex from?
Rotom ex is from the Pokémon set "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Rotom ex?
Rotom ex is a Special Illustration Rare card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Rotom ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
