Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Iron Thorns ex
Twilight Masquerade · #77 · Double Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$0.62
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 77 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Double Rare
- HP
- 230
- Subtype
- Basic · ex · Future
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- PLANETA Mochizuki
- Pokédex #
- 995
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 46.67 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 Iron Thorns 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 (Volt Cyclone) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 140 — 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 ≥115 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 Iron Thorns ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥115 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- 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
- 3.56 copies on average · 87 decks
- Match win rate
- 32.2%
- -15.0 pts vs the 47.2% 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.
Shieldon
in 53% of decks · 45 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 55% of decks · 47 seen
Bastiodon
in 55% of decks · 47 seen
Voltaic Lightning Energy
in 66% of decks · 56 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 55% of decks · 47 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 54% of decks · 46 seen
Pokémon Catcher
in 22% of decks · 19 seen
AZ's Tranquility
in 47% of decks · 40 seen
More by PLANETA Mochizuki
This card was illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki.
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About this card
Ability: Initialization
As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, Pokémon with a Rule Box in play (both yours and your opponent's) have no Abilities, except for Future Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.)
LCCVolt Cyclone — 140
Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
28
ran Iron Thorns ex
Tournaments scanned
304
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
1 top-cut deck · best finish 7th
Top decks running Iron Thorns 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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.25 | $0.89 | $19.99 | $0.62 | $0.70 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/01/16| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.53 |
| 7-day average | €0.67 |
| 30-day average | €0.68 |
| Low | €0.10 |
| Trend price | €0.63 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.10 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.68 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Iron Thorns ex is real?
Iron Thorns 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 Iron Thorns ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Iron Thorns ex is $0.62; 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 Iron Thorns ex from?
Iron Thorns ex is from the Pokémon set "Twilight Masquerade" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Iron Thorns ex?
Iron Thorns ex is a Double Rare card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Iron Thorns ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
