Mega Evolution Set Guide

Overview

Mega Evolution opened the series of the same name, which every 2026 set has continued. Its headline is the Mega Evolution Pokémon ex: a Pokémon ex that gives up three Prize cards when Knocked Out, one more than a regular ex, for more HP and bigger attacks.

All ten Double Rares are Mega Evolution ex, from Mega Venusaur ex to Mega Kangaskhan ex. The set also introduced the Mega Hyper Rare, the series' gold top rarity, with two in this set.

Cards and rarities

Mega Evolution has 188 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "001/132", next to the set code MEG.

The printed total is 132, so the 56 cards from 133 to 188 are secret rares. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →

Headline Pokémon

Mega Evolution ex to know first, each giving up three Prize cards when Knocked Out:

Mega Lucario ex

Mega Evolution #77

Aura Jab does 130 and attaches up to 3 Basic Fighting Energy from your discard pile to your Bench; Mega Brave does 270.

Mega Gardevoir ex

Mega Evolution #60

Overflowing Wishes fills your Bench with Psychic Energy from the deck; Mega Symphonia does 50 for each Psychic Energy you have in play.

Mega Venusaur ex

Mega Evolution #3

380 HP. Solar Transfer moves Basic Grass Energy between your Pokémon as often as you like; Jungle Dump does 240 and heals 30.

Mega Kangaskhan ex

Mega Evolution #104

A Basic. Run Errand draws 2 cards a turn while it's Active; Rapid-Fire Combo does 200 plus 50 for each heads.

Trainers worth knowing

Three Supporters, one of them built for the new Mega ex:

Lillie's Determination

Mega Evolution #119

Shuffle your hand in and draw 6, or 8 if you still have all 6 Prize cards.

Wally's Compassion

Mega Evolution #132

Heals all damage from one of your Mega Evolution ex and returns its Energy to your hand.

Lt. Surge's Bargain

Mega Evolution #120

Your opponent chooses: both players take a Prize card, or you draw 4.

The chase card: Mega Lucario ex

Mega Lucario ex

Mega Evolution #188

Rarity Mega Hyper Rare

Card number 188/132

Market price, September 30, 2026 $236.97

Mega Evolution's chase card is the Mega Hyper Rare Mega Lucario ex, the last card in the set, at $236.97 on September 30, 2026.

Its rival is Mega Gardevoir ex. The Mega Hyper Rare Mega Gardevoir ex was $192.13, and the two Special Illustration Rares were almost level at $175.46 (Lucario) and $173.19 (Gardevoir). This is the one set in these guides where both Mega Hyper Rares outrank every Special Illustration Rare.

Mega Lucario ex is printed four times in the set. The Double Rare was $0.75.

Every Mega Lucario ex in Mega Evolution

Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →

Chase cards and prices

Lucario and Gardevoir hold the top four places between them, then Mega Venusaur ex.

These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on September 30, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →

What a complete set costs

One copy of every card in Mega Evolution, bought as singles, cost $1,480.85 on September 30, 2026. That is the fifth most expensive of the seven sets released in 2025.

The three most valuable cards, Mega Lucario ex, Mega Gardevoir ex and Mega Lucario ex, come to $604.56, or 41% of the total. Without them the set costs $876.29. Of the 188 cards, 141 were under $2.00, together $36.82; the other 47 add up to $1,444.03.

Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil where both exist, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.

Playing it

Almost all of Mega Evolution carries the I regulation mark, legal in Standard under the April 10, 2026 rotation.

A Mega Evolution ex is worth three Prize cards to your opponent, half of the six they need. Wally's Compassion exists to keep a damaged one alive, at the cost of its Energy.

Standard, Expanded and deck building rules →

Frequently Asked Questions