Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking
Ciphermaniac's Codebreaking arrived with Prismatic Evolutions on 17 January 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.
What the card itself says
Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.
What to make of it
Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex runs it in 24 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 21 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
Who plays it
We read tournament decklists one by one. The match is made on the set code printed at the bottom of the card, the one the player copied onto the list — never on the name, because two cards sometimes share one.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 24 of 24 | 21 | TEF 145 |
| Slowking | 23 of 23 | 21 | TEF 145 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 21 of 22 | 20 | TEF 145 |
| Raging Bolt ex | 21 of 23 | 20 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 18 of 21 | 17 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Darkrai ex | 12 of 22 | 9 | TEF 145 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 12 of 23 | 11 | TEF 145 |
| Beedrill ex | 10 of 20 | 10 | TEF 145 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 7 of 24 | 7 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 5 of 26 | 5 | TEF 145 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 3 of 23 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 3 of 22 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 3 of 20 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Absol ex | 2 of 20 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 2 of 23 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 23 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama | 1 of 24 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| other | 1 of 22 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 1 of 20 | 1 | TEF 145 |
When it came out
Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.
Where to find it
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