Mega Absol ex 86/132 · Mega Evolution

Mega Evolution is a set in the Mega Evolution series. It was released on September 26, 2025. The printed size is 132. This checklist is longer, at 188 cards. Mega Absol ex is 86/132, in position 86 of 188 on this checklist. Before it is 85 Crawdaunt, and after it is 87 Spiritomb. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

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

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 Double Rare. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 27 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

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.

I keep a set binder for Mega Evolution, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mega Evolution set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.