Mega Absol ex 180/132 · Mega Evolution

Absol is Pokédex #359, generation 3 (Hoenn). Mega Absol ex is a Basic MEGA ex Darkness Pokémon with 280 HP.

Mega Absol ex sits at 180/132 in Mega Evolution, position 180 of 188. Before it is 179 Mega Lucario ex, and after it is 181 Mega Latias ex. The set belongs to the Mega Evolution series. It was released on September 26, 2025. The printed size is 132. This checklist is longer, at 188 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 132. The listed rarity is Special Illustration Rare.

The attack Terminal Period lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has exactly 6 damage counters on it, that Pokémon is Knocked Out. Claw of Darkness is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent reveals their hand, and you discard a card you find there. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Mega Evolution ex Rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is I.

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Absol, while this one is Mega Absol ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 280 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Special Illustration Rare. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

Mega Evolution set binder is where a full Mega Evolution set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.