Empoleon ex
Empoleon ex arrived with Phantasmal Flames on 14 November 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.
ITS ABILITY
ITS ATTACKS
Printed exactly as it appears on the card.
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
- 320 HP. Only 4 cards in Phantasmal Flames carry more.
- Iron Feathers hits for 210 on 3 Energy. Nothing in Phantasmal Flames hits harder for that price.
- It has an Ability, Emperor's Stance. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 16 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 15 different tournaments.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes two Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 377 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven's Metagross ex | 16 of 22 | 15 | PFL 70 |
| Metagross | 4 of 22 | 4 | PFL 70 |
When it came out
Phantasmal Flames landed here on 14 November 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 September 2025, under the code M2. That is 49 days ahead of us.
Where to find it
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