Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex Revealed, Different Than the Original Mechanic!
As guessed, today’s Pokemon Presents announced that Mega Evolutions will be returning to the TCG in 2025!
They will give up three Prize cards like Pokemon VMAX.
They will be the same stages as their regular forms: Mega Gardevoir ex is a Stage 2 that evolves from Kirlia. Because this isn’t how the mechanic works in the games, the cards specifically note “The Mega-Evolved form of (Pokemon)!”
Mega Lucario ex – Fighting – HP340
Stage 1 – Evolves from Riolu[F] Aura Jab: 130 damage. Attach up to 3 Basic [F] Energy cards from your discard pile to your Benched Pokemon in any way you like.
[F][F] Mega Brave: 270 damage. During your next turn, this Pokemon can’t use Mega Brave.
Mega Evolution ex rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
Weakness: Psychic (x2)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 2
Mega Gardevoir ex – Psychic – HP360
Stage 2 – Evolves from Kirlia[P] Overflowing Wishes: For each of your Benched Pokemon, search your deck for a Basic [P] Energy and attach it to that Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck.
[P] Mega Symphonia: 50x damage. This attack does 50 damage for each [P] Energy attached to all of your Pokemon.
Mega Evolution ex rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokemon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
Weakness: Darkness (x2)
Resistance: Fighting (-30)
Retreat: 2
Premium Power Pro – Trainer
ItemDuring this turn, attacks used by your [F] Pokémon do 30 more damage to your opponent’s Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance).
You may play as many Item cards as you like during your turn.
Mega Lucario ex has a “Mega Brave” attack and Mega Gardevoir ex has a “Mega Symphonia” attack, which means they will be part of the Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia sets we previously discovered through trademarks. They will likely release around August in Japan.
As the card numbers above reveal, each set will have 63 cards before secret rares.
We last saw Mega Evolutions in 2016 during the XY era (spare two guest appearances during the Sun & Moon era). They evolved from their Basic Pokemon-EX, such as Blastoise-EX to M Blastoise-EX, and your turn ended upon evolving them. As expected, the mechanic changed because the TCG is no longer featuring fully evolved Basic Pokemon-EX.
