Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Iron Thorns ex
Twilight Masquerade · #196 · Ultra Rare · 2024
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Market reference
$2.74
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 196 / 226
- Release year
- 2024
- Rarity
- Ultra Rare
- HP
- 230
- Subtype
- Basic · ex · Future
- Retreat cost
- 4 energy
- Regulation mark
- H
- Illustrator
- PLANETA Mochizuki
- Pokédex #
- 995
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 140 damage
- 46.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Iron Thorns ex 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.
- Its main attack (Volt Cyclone) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 140 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥115 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Iron Thorns ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥115 damage one-shots it.
- Trap it Active — 4 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 3.46 copies on average · 92 decks
- Match win rate
- 31.1%
- -15.9 pts vs the 47.0% 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.
Shieldon
in 47% of decks · 44 seen
Voltaic Lightning Energy
in 61% of decks · 57 seen
Antique Armor Fossil
in 50% of decks · 47 seen
Bastiodon
in 50% of decks · 47 seen
Fossil Quarry
in 49% of decks · 46 seen
Magnetic Metal Energy
in 48% of decks · 45 seen
AZ's Tranquility
in 44% of decks · 41 seen
Pokémon Catcher
in 20% of decks · 19 seen
More by PLANETA Mochizuki
This card was illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki.
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About this card
Ability: Initialization
As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, Pokémon with a Rule Box in play (both yours and your opponent's) have no Abilities, except for Future Pokémon. (Pokémon ex, Pokémon V, etc. have Rule Boxes.)
LCCVolt Cyclone — 140
Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CCCC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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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 2026/07/10| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.70 | $2.94 | $30.00 | $2.74 | $4.68 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/11/18| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €1.58 |
| 7-day average | €1.67 |
| 30-day average | €2.03 |
| Low | €1.00 |
| Trend price | €1.94 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.16 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Iron Thorns ex is real?
Iron Thorns ex 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 Iron Thorns ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Iron Thorns ex is $2.74; 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 Iron Thorns ex from?
Iron Thorns ex is from the Pokémon set "Twilight Masquerade" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2024.
What rarity is Iron Thorns ex?
Iron Thorns ex is a Ultra Rare card in the Twilight Masquerade set.
Other Iron Thorns ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
