M2 Inferno X (September 26, 2025) / EN ME02 Phantasmal Flames (November 14, 2025)

M2 Inferno X

Release Date: September 26, 2025
Cards: 80 main set + AR/SR/SAR/MUR
Set type: Expansion Pack (main expansion)
Set mascot: Mega Charizard X
Cards per pack: 5
Packs per box: 30
Pack MSRP: 180円

  • Last main expansion of this year
  • There is no M1a subset expansion
  • M2 Inferno X will form the bulk of TPCi’s Phantasmal Flames
  • Ninja Spinner set trademark will be for next year

Main Set

M2 013/080 Mega Charizard ex (illus. takuyoa)

  • Expected to receive SAR and MUR

M2 018/080 Oricorio ex (illus. akagi)

  • Regular Pokémon ex returns to sets

ME02 Phantasmal Flames

Release Date: November 14, 2025
Cards: 94 main set + IR/FA/SIR/MUR
Set mascot: Mega Charizard X

  • Last EN main set of the year
  • Likely the smallest EN set of the year

Press Release

Sept. 3, 2025 — Today, The Pokémon Company International announced that the latest expansion in the best-selling Pokémon Trading Card Game (TCG), Mega Evolution—Phantasmal Flames, will launch beginning Nov. 14, 2025, at participating retailers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Phantasmal Flames will introduce more mighty Mega Evolution Pokémon to the Pokémon TCG, with a focus on Fire-type and Darkness-type Pokémon. Players can look forward to discovering and collecting cards featuring Mega Charizard X and Mega Gengar as well as new Pokémon ex cards, which will make their first appearance in the Mega Evolution Series.

In addition, players can continue to discover the recently introduced and distinctive art style of ultra rare Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, which may feature a silhouette of the regular version of that Pokémon in the background of the artwork.

Noteworthy cards from the expansion include:

  • Six Mega Evolution Pokémon ex
  • Four Pokémon ex
  • 13 illustration rare Pokémon
  • 17 ultra rare Mega Evolution Pokémon ex, Trainer and Energy cards
  • Five special illustration rare Mega Evolution Pokémon ex and Supporter cards

Players can find Mega Evolution—Phantasmal Flames in booster packs, Elite Trainer Boxes and various collections at participating retailers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

MEDIA ALERT: The Pokémon Trading Card Game Heats Up with New Mega Evolution—Phantasmal Flames Expansion Coming Soon


Booster Pack Art




Booster Box


Blister Packs / Booster Pack Art

  • Mega Charizard X
  • Mega Gengar
  • Mega Lopunny
  • Mega Heracross

  • [Mega Sharpedo] - M2 Inferno X
  • Cards from the Mega Gengar ex & Mega Diancie ex Mega Battle decks (except IR Haunter & IR Meloetta) will be in this set

Elite Trainer Box



ETB promo

MEP022 IR Charcadet (illus. Teeziro)

  • Charcadet, Ceruledge and Armarouge all have a special art
  • Potential reference to Pokémon Horizons where Liko recently acquired Charcadet

Single Pack Blisters

MEP018 Cottonee (illus. Kariya)
MEP019 Whimsicott (illus. Yuka Tanaka)



3-Pack Blisters

MEP020 Sneasel (illus. Souichirou Gunjima)
MEP021 Weavile (illus. matazo)

  • Sneasel and Weavile are originally from Inferno X

Booster Bundle


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c: Discord @bk2021

EN ME02 Phantasmal Flames

125/094 SIR Mega Charizard X ex (illus. danciao)
ft. Charmander, Charmeleon, Charizard

  • Complete evolution line like Mega Venusaur ex’s connected AR/SAR line and SAR Mega Gardevoir ex
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yet another charizard card where its neck looks super janky…

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Agree the neck is a little jank, but I love what the rest of card is doing!

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I’m enjoying TPC’s neutron star approach, having changed from JUSTPREEEEEENNNT™ to let’s just rapid-stack exciting releases to force the market to collapse under its own gravity.

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M2 Inferno X

Main Set

M2 011/080 Charmander (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
M2 012/080 Charmeleon (illus. Uninori)
M2 013/080 Mega Charizard X ex (illus. takuyoa)



M2 014/080 Moltres (illus. Kazumasa Yasukuni)
M2 018/080 Oricorio ex (illus. akagi)


M2 037/080 Cottonee (illus. Kariya)
M2 038/080 Whimsicott (illus. Yuka Tanaka)


M2 048/080 Sneasel (illus. Souichirou Gunjima)
M2 049/080 Weavile (illus. matazo)


M2 050/080 Carvanha (illus. Shin Nagasawa)
M2 051/080 Mega Sharpedo ex (illus. 5ban Graphics)


M2 056/080 Toxel (illus. OKACHEKE)
M2 057/080 Toxtricity (illus. DOM)


M2 074/080 Heat Burner (illus. Toyste Beach)
M2 076/080 Grimsley’s Move (illus. GIDORA)
M2 078/080 Firebreather (illus. Naoki Saito)



  • Firebreather is a Trainer Class, with the outfit specifically from HeartGold & SoulSilver


  • 2 Mega Pokémon ex and 1 regular Pokémon ex have been revealed
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Looks pretty good and logical to me. The artist sacrificed the possible “weirdness” in order to avoid drawing Charizard in a boring pose.

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Really like the colors and pose of that Charmeleon!

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The last frontier is to find out if this is a fake card or a real one…
The only thing that confuses me is that Charmander Charizard and Charmeleon are falling from the sky, as if they were dropped from a plane, or Charizard X defeated them all at once.
This is the only “oddity” that leaves me scratching my head.
We’ll find out soon…

I think it’s supposed to be a matching holy painterly aesthetic to Raita Kazama’s SAR Mega Gardevoir ex with the entire evolution line, which is fitting for a character designer for Fate/Grand Order. It’s not meant to be physically realistic

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The Firebreather is basically just Guy Fieri.

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Good if this is true! Yeah i noticed the similarity to Gardevoir… this might be a hint on this being real one…

It also reminded me those paintings about reincarnation:

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I meant this Charmeleon :sweat_smile:

Damn, this art is rocking.

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Haha yeah. i love how the zard family is represented already! sure it will be fun to pull even just these!

I like this “vintage manga-ish“ style of drawing on Charmeleon.

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EN ME02 Phantasmal Flames

Booster Box

Blister Packs / Booster Pack Art

  • Mega Charizard X
  • Mega Gengar
  • Mega Lopunny @pfm
  • Mega Heracross

  • [Mega Sharpedo] - M2 Inferno X
  • [Mega Diancie] - Starter Set Mega Diancie ex
  • Cards from the Mega Gengar ex & Mega Diancie ex Mega Battle decks (except IR Haunter & IR Meloetta) will be in this set

Elite Trainer Box

Ultra Premium Collection


3-Pack Blisters

MEP020 Sneasel (illus. Souichirou Gunjima)
MEP021 Weavile (illus. matazo)

  • Sneasel and Weavile are originally from Inferno X

Booster Bundle


“Phantasmal Flames” Products Revealed for November Featuring Mega Charizard X; Smallest English Set in Years! - Pokébeach

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Huge news

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Sneasel and Weavile are likely cut not reprinted.

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NooooOO this shi would’ve looked so nice as the SAR!

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I prefer the one we’re getting

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M2 Inferno X

Main Set

M2 039/080 Zacian (illus. kawayoo)

Art Rare

M2 087/080 AR Zacian (illus. Yoriyuki Ikegami)

  • Zacian’s only other Psychic cards are Amazing Rare (S3a Legendary Heartbeat) and Zacian V (S8a 25th Anniversary Collection)
  • Zamazenta received its AR in SV10 The Glory of Team Rocket
  • 1/14 AR Pokémon revealed (update from Phantasmal Flames press release)
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