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Steven's Metagross ex

Steven's Metagross ex

Steven's Metagross ex arrived with Destined Rivals on 30 May 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.

HP340
TypeMetal
StageStage 2
Retreat cost3
WeaknessFire ×2
ResistanceGrass -30
Regulation markI
SetDestined Rivals (DRI)

ITS ABILITY

X-BootOnce during your turn, you may search your deck for a Basic {P} Energy card, a Basic {M} Energy card, or 1 of each and attach them to your {P} Pokémon and {M} Pokémon in any way you like. Then, shuffle your deck.

ITS ATTACKS

Metal Stomp200Metal + Colorless + Colorless

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

  • 340 HP, and nothing in Destined Rivals goes higher. That is the wall your opponent has to break through before taking a Prize.
  • It has an Ability, X-Boot. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
  • Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 22 of the 22 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
  • 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.
  • It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Steven's Metang to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
  • 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex22 of 2220DRI 145
doublade-por6 of 186DRI 145

When it came out

Destined Rivals landed here on 30 May 2025.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 18 April 2025, under the code SV10. That is 42 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

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