Pokémon · Mega Evolution
Moltres
Phantasmal Flames · #14 · Rare · 2025
Listings
No active listings
From
—
Market reference
$0.21
TCGPlayer
Current listings on The Game Traders
No active listings for this card right now.
Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 14 / 130
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 1 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- Kazumasa Yasukuni
- Pokédex #
- 146
- Series
- Mega Evolution
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 20 damage
- 20 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Moltres plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- Seen in 8% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.
- Currently Standard-legal — usable in the main rotating format.
How to beat Moltres
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 8% of decks
- 1.01 copies on average · 5411 decks
- Match win rate
- 49.9%
- +2.6 pts vs the 47.3% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
More by Kazumasa Yasukuni
This card was illustrated by Kazumasa Yasukuni.
Building around Moltres?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"There are stories of this Pokémon using its radiant, flame-cloaked wings to light up paths for those lost in the mountains."
RFighting Wings — 20+
If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon ex, this attack does 90 more damage.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:C
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Moltres or Phantasmal Flames.
⚡ Surge's TCG Vault Winner Takes All - 50 Codes
Aug 18, 2026
Pudding Weekly #9 | GEEG!
Aug 19, 2026
Torneo Relámpago ⚡ #69 PTCG Live
Aug 19, 2026
SEASAC League Challenge #19 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
Aug 19, 2026
Amyverse PTCG Live Weekly #9 💛 Cash Prize!
Aug 19, 2026
REFINE Summer Series Session 8: Wartortle Edition
Aug 19, 2026
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Moltres was legal.
SEASAC League Challenge #18 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
today
🏛💫 Card Temple Weekly Battles #71
today
Nightshades Premier Circuit Challenge #23 25 Codes
today
🇧🇷 34° Torneio Padrão do zap ! Hora do Pix
today
🇧🇷 Hit Challenge #19 | TCG Live
today
Sunny's Weekly #269 High Voltage!
today
Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
2,134
ran Moltres
Tournaments scanned
304
past 30 days
Competitive note
Currently a meta staple.
210 top-cut decks · best finish 1st
Top decks running Moltres
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.23 | $19.98 | $0.21 | $0.01 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $0.01 | $0.27 | $19.98 | $0.28 | $0.10 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Moltres is real?
Moltres is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Moltres worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Moltres is $0.21; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Moltres from?
Moltres is from the Pokémon set "Phantasmal Flames" in the Mega Evolution series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Moltres?
Moltres is a Rare card in the Phantasmal Flames set.
Other Moltres printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
