Mega Charizard X & Y ex: Every Print, 2014 to 2026

Since March 2014, The Pokémon Company has printed Mega Charizard cards across at least eight distinct treatments and two mechanical eras — from the original XY Flashfire M Charizard EX (X) 69/106 and M Charizard EX (Y) 13/106, through the 2016 Generations 12/83 and XY Evolutions 13/108 + 101/108 Full Art, the November 14, 2025 Phantasmal Flames Mega Charizard X ex run (013/094, 109/094, 125/094 SIR, and 130/094 — the inaugural gold-etched Mega Hyper Rare ever printed) plus its MEP #023 Ultra-Premium Collection Black Star Promo, the January 30, 2026 Ascended Heroes Mega Charizard Y ex 022/217 with the 294/217 gold-etched Mega Hyper Rare (the second of the new tier), and the February 20, 2026 Spring 2026 Mega Charizard X & Y Tins shipping the MEP #029 and MEP #030 promos.

If you've searched mega charizard x ex or mega charizard ex in 2026, the top of the SERP is a wall of single-product retailer pages for ONE printing — the 2025 Phantasmal Flames SIR — plus a Reddit thread of new collectors asking "how is this different from the 2014 one I have." Nobody on the SERP draws the map across both Mega forms and both eras. This is the guide that does. PullMarket — operated by SKYCOAST CAPITAL LLC — walks every Mega Charizard printing chronologically across X and Y, decodes the 2014–2016 M Pokémon-EX mechanic vs the 2025+ Mega Pokémon ex mechanic, cites real PSA-10 economics, and hands off the per-set deep-dives to the matching sibling articles. For the broader non-Mega ex variants (SV 151, Obsidian Flames, Paldean Fates, Surging Sparks), the sibling-paired Charizard ex guide owns that lane.

Part of: Complete Pokémon Cards Guide — the pillar overview of every era from 1999 WOTC to the 2025 Mega Evolution Pokémon TCG.

What "Mega" means on a Charizard card (and how the 2014 mechanic differs from 2025+)

Mega Evolution debuted in Pokémon X and Y on the Nintendo 3DS in October 2013, and Charizard was the headline Pokémon to receive two distinct Mega forms — Mega Charizard X (Fire / Dragon type, blue flame, Tough Claws ability, unlocked by Charizardite X) and Mega Charizard Y (Fire / Flying type, original orange flame, Drought ability, unlocked by Charizardite Y). That X-vs-Y split is hard-coded into the source material from the games forward, and the TCG mirrors it precisely. Every era that has shipped a Mega Charizard card has shipped both forms eventually — though usually staggered: the 2014 XY Flashfire set shipped both Mega X (69/106) and Mega Y (13/106) at launch, and the modern Mega Evolution Series shipped Mega X first in Phantasmal Flames (Nov 14, 2025) and Mega Y three months later in Ascended Heroes (Jan 30, 2026).

The TCG treatment of "Mega" itself has shifted across two mechanical eras. The 2014–2016 M Pokémon-EX treatment (XY block: Flashfire, Generations, XY Evolutions) used a capital "M" prefix and capital "EX" suffix on the card name — "M Charizard EX" — and the card evolved from a regular Pokémon-EX, ended the attacker's turn on Mega Evolution, and gave up two prize cards when knocked out. The 2025+ Mega Pokémon ex treatment (Mega Evolution Series: Phantasmal Flames, Ascended Heroes, Spring 2026 Tins) uses lowercase "ex" and the full word "Mega" — "Mega Charizard X ex" — evolves from a Pokémon ex, gives up three prize cards when knocked out (the modern Mega tax), and introduces a top-rarity tier called Mega Hyper Rare — a full-card gold-etched foil treatment. The tier debuted at Phantasmal Flames (Nov 14, 2025) with a single Charizard 130/094, then expanded in Ascended Heroes to roughly six or seven Mega ex per set; the 294/217 Mega Charizard Y ex is one of the Ascended Heroes wave. The Inferno X attack on the MEP #023 UPC promo — the one the 1,000/mo charizard inferno x query is asking about — is the signature mechanic on the modern Mega Charizard X ex line.

Every Mega Charizard printing, set by set (the master table)

The fastest way to make sense of the Mega Charizard lineage is one row per (set, form, card number, rarity tier) — chronologically, across both X and Y, across both mechanical eras. Every cell below cross-references Bulbapedia, the Pokémon.com TCG database, and Limitless TCG as of the brief date (2026-05-31). The 2014 Flashfire X-vs-Y assignment is the single most-confused fact in this entire cluster, and the table below states it correctly: 69/106 = X (Fire / Dragon, blue flame), 13/106 = Y (Fire / Flying, orange flame). Retailer listings flip these constantly — don't be one of them.

A few table notes that matter. First, MEP #023, MEP #029, and MEP #030 are three separate Black Star Promos for the same Mega Charizard character family — the UPC promo, the X Tin promo, and the Y Tin promo respectively. They are not reprints of one another; each has its own distinct foil treatment and box exclusivity. Second, the Generations 12/83 and XY Evolutions 13/108 + 101/108 prints are all X-form Mega Charizards (M Charizard X EX), per Bulbapedia cross-reference. Third, Ascended Heroes likely also shipped a Full Art Ultra Rare Mega Y ex and SIR Mega Y ex within the 295-card list — the set ships 13 total Mega Evolution Pokémon ex with 14 Mega Ultra Rares and 22 Mega/ex/Supporter SIRs — but card numbers for the Mega Y Full Art and SIR specifically aren't yet cross-verified in this brief; if you're tracking those slots, check PokéBeach's Ascended Heroes set guide and Bulbapedia before you buy. A wrong card number is worse than a missing one.

Mega X vs Mega Y: how to tell them apart (and why both exist)

The X-vs-Y disambiguation is the single most-searched question across the Mega Charizard cluster, and the SERP doesn't answer it cleanly. Here's the plain version:

• Mega Charizard X — Fire / Dragon type. Blue flame. Darker, near-black body. In Pokémon X (2013) this Mega form is unlocked by Charizardite X. In the TCG: 2014 Flashfire 69/106 + 107/106 Secret, 2016 Generations 12/83, 2025 Phantasmal Flames 013/094 + 109/094 + 125/094, MEP #023 UPC promo, MEP #029 February 2026 Tin promo. The signature 2025 attack is Inferno X — 300+ damage, discard Fire Energy. The card the 28,000-monthly-search mega charizard x query orients around (though that head term is largely video-game / knowledge-panel intent, not TCG).
• Mega Charizard Y — Fire / Flying type. Orange / red flame (the original Charizard color). Lankier, more aerial body. In Pokémon Y (2013) this Mega form is unlocked by Charizardite Y. In the TCG: 2014 Flashfire 13/106 + 108/106 Secret, 2016 XY Evolutions 13/108 + 101/108 Full Art, 2026 Ascended Heroes 022/217 + 294/217 gold-etched Mega Hyper Rare, MEP #030 February 2026 Tin promo.
• Why both Mega forms got TCG treatment in the same Flashfire set (2014) — The Pokémon Company mirrored the dual-Mega game design in the booster product. The pattern has held across every era since: where Mega Charizard returns to a TCG release window, both forms eventually ship. The modern Mega Evolution Series staggered them (Phantasmal Flames Nov 2025 shipped Mega X; Ascended Heroes Jan 2026 shipped Mega Y), and the February 2026 Tin SKUs unified the family by shipping one Tin per form at $26.99 each.

XY Flashfire (2014): The original Mega Charizard EX, X and Y

The 2014 XY Flashfire set is the origin printing of every Mega Charizard card that has ever existed in the TCG, and it shipped four distinct Mega Charizard prints in a single release window — two of each form, one regular Holo ex and one Rare Secret per form:

• 69/106 — M Charizard EX (X) Rare Holo ex. The X-form regular print. Dark blue/black body, blue flame, Dragon-type framing.
• 107/106 — M Charizard EX (X) Rare Secret. The X-form cracked-ice Secret. The 2014 chase print for X-form vintage collectors.
• 13/106 — M Charizard EX (Y) Rare Holo ex. The Y-form regular print. Orange flame, original Charizard silhouette. The more recognizable of the 2014 regular Holo prints for collectors who remember the original Pokémon Y video game.
• 108/106 — M Charizard EX (Y) Rare Secret. The Y-form cracked-ice Secret. The other half of the 2014 chase pair.

Flashfire was a deliberately Charizard-themed set — it also shipped Charizard EX (11/106 + 12/106 Full Art) as the pre-evolve pair for both Mega forms. PSA-10 economics on the 2014 prints land in the low-to-mid three-figure range typically for the regular Holo ex prints (Y 13/106 trades closely with X 69/106, with the Y slightly more recognizable from the Pokémon Y game association), and meaningfully higher for the 107/106 and 108/106 Secrets. Raw NM copies are far cheaper. Check Card Ladder for live trailing-90 comps before pricing — vintage Mega Charizard EX prints have been on a slow climb since the 2025 Phantasmal Flames hype cycle re-introduced the character to a new collector wave.

Generations and XY Evolutions (2016): The 20th-anniversary Mega reprints

The 2016 wave celebrated Pokémon's 20th anniversary, and both Generations (February 2016) and XY Evolutions (November 2016) reprinted Mega Charizard EX in different contexts — all three of the 2016 prints are the X form:

• Generations 12/83 — M Charizard EX (X) Ultra Rare. Generations was a small 83-card anniversary set that paired modern Mega treatments with Base-Set tribute prints. The 12/83 X print is the cheapest vintage-era Mega Charizard slab to entry on the secondary market by most aggregator data.
• XY Evolutions 13/108 — M Charizard EX Rare Holo ex. XY Evolutions was the direct Base Set throwback set, and the 13/108 Mega print is the modern complement to the set's Base-Set-style Charizard 11/108. The 700/mo m charizard ex 13/108 query orients here.
• XY Evolutions 101/108 — M Charizard EX Rare Ultra (Full Art). Textured silver border, full-body Mega Charizard X art. The grail of the 2016 wave for vintage Mega chasers — and the print the 600/mo mega charizard full art query is often hunting (alongside the 2025 Phantasmal Flames 109/094 Full Art).

The 2016 prints are typically the cheapest path into a graded vintage Mega Charizard EX for a returning collector — raw NM frequently lands under $20 on the standard Holo prints, with PSA 10 in the low-three-figure range for 13/108 and notably higher for the 101/108 Full Art. The Generations 12/83 trails the Evolutions prints slightly in collector recognition (smaller set, less iconic Base-Set association), but it's the same card mechanically. Sources for live comps: Card Ladder for trailing-90 sale-by-sale and Beckett for sealed / loose pricing context.

Phantasmal Flames (Nov 14, 2025): The modern Mega Charizard X ex revival

November 14, 2025 launched the Mega Evolution Series under set code ME02 — Phantasmal Flames, and it shipped the first modern Mega Charizard in the TCG since the 2016 XY Evolutions print nearly a decade earlier. The set introduced four distinct Mega Charizard X ex prints in a single product window:

• 013/094 — Mega Charizard X ex Double Rare. The playable mass-pull version in the Phantasmal Flames booster, with the orange ex text frame and the Inferno X attack profile. Cheapest of the four prints.
• 109/094 — Mega Charizard X ex Ultra Rare (Full Art). Textured silver border, full-body Mega Charizard X art with the X mechanic's blue-flame motif. The 1,000/mo mega charizard x ex 109 query orients here. The "under-loved" Full Art that collectors on hobby forums are saying mid-2026 is the smarter long-term hold relative to the SIR.
• 125/094 — Mega Charizard X ex Special Illustration Rare (SIR). The borderless full-card fire-and-claw art — and the modern Mega Charizard grail of the printing. PSA 10 cleared roughly $1,750–$1,800 in Dec 2025 per the MagPro sales snapshot; the current eBay active range is roughly $1,525–$2,725 (May 2026), with raw NM in the $475–$635 range. One CGC-10 auction reportedly cleared $54,100 in late 2025 per a Reddit r/PokeInvesting post — an outlier worth noting but not generalizing.
• MEP #023 — Mega Charizard X ex Black Star Promo, exclusive to the November 14, 2025 Mega Charizard X ex Ultra-Premium Collection ($119.99 MSRP). Distinctive blue-flame holo treatment; not the same physical card as 013/094. The promo has compressed from a ~$80 launch high in Dec 2025 to roughly $44 by May 2026 per a Facebook PokéInvesting community snapshot in the SERP — a normal post-launch arc on a sealed-box promo.

Hand-offs: for the full Phantasmal Flames set context — pull rates on the rest of the chase list and the in-set Charizard variants outside Mega X — see the Phantasmal Flames Charizard guide. For the UPC product-tier breakdown — the box, the contents, the sealed-vs-rip EV math — see the Charizard UPC guide. For the broader Scarlet & Violet ex mechanic across non-Mega Charizard ex variants (SV 151, Obsidian Flames, Paldean Fates), see the sibling-paired Charizard ex guide.

Ascended Heroes (Jan 30, 2026): The first modern Mega Charizard Y ex

January 30, 2026 launched Mega Evolution—Ascended Heroes (ME-Wave 1), the largest English Pokémon TCG set ever released at 295 cards, and the first set ever to ship the new Mega Hyper Rare rarity tier — a full-card gold-etched foil treatment awarded to roughly six or seven Mega Pokémon ex per set. Mega Charizard Y ex was one of the Mega Hyper Rare debutantes. Two confirmed printings per Bulbapedia cross-reference at brief date:

• 022/217 — Mega Charizard Y ex Double Rare. The standard playable Mega Y ex in the in-set numbering. Orange-flame Mega Y art with the regular ex frame.
• 294/217 — Mega Charizard Y ex Mega Hyper Rare (gold-etched). The brand-new top-rarity slot. The freshest Mega Charizard chase card of 2026 to date, and the print the social-media reels are screaming about.

PSA-10 economics caveat. Raw NM was logged at $603.60 by Sports Card Investor at the brief date, but PSA 10 pop is still maturing because the set is only four months old and PSA Standard service is currently 30–60 business days — the first wave of PSA-10 slabs is just landing. Treat any PSA-10 ask on the 294/217 today as floating-price discovery, not a stable comp. The 022/217 Double Rare trades cheap in comparison, but raw NM is climbing as collectors look for "the playable Mega Y" without paying gold-tier prices.

Hand-off: for the chronological set-by-set Charizard lineage including the pre-Mega prints, see the parent Charizard set-by-set guide; the sibling Charizard ex guide covers the broader modern non-Mega ex variants.

The Spring 2026 Mega Charizard X & Y Tins (Feb 20, 2026): MEP #029 and MEP #030

PokéBeach broke the story in December 2025 and Pokémon Center confirmed the SKU shortly after: the Spring 2026 Mega Charizard X Tin and Mega Charizard Y Tin released February 20, 2026 at $26.99 each, with two parallel SKUs that together complete the modern Mega Charizard product family:

• Mega Charizard X Tin — 1 foil promo (MEP #029 Mega Charizard X ex) + 4 booster packs (2x Phantasmal Flames + 1x Mega Evolution + 1x Destined Rivals) + TCG Live code.
• Mega Charizard Y Tin — 1 foil promo (MEP #030 Mega Charizard Y ex) + 4 booster packs (same composition: 2x Phantasmal Flames + 1x Mega Evolution + 1x Destined Rivals) + TCG Live code.

Why the Tins matter for Mega Charizard collectors:

• They're the cheapest entry point into a modern Mega Charizard slab — roughly $27 retail vs the $119.99 MSRP (now $180–$220 secondary) Phantasmal Flames UPC vs $50–$70 for an in-set Mega X ex single.
• The MEP #029 and MEP #030 promos have distinct foil treatments from the in-set Phantasmal Flames and Ascended Heroes prints — collectors building a Mega Charizard rainbow want the promos specifically.
• The pack composition gives layered pull exposure — Phantasmal Flames packs put the 013/094 / 109/094 / 125/094 Mega X ex lineup on the table, while the Mega Evolution and Destined Rivals packs add Mega Y ex and broader-set coverage.
• Tin promos have historically been a clean PSA-10 grade target — the centered, foil-clean print from a sealed Tin avoids the booster-pack edge-wear that plagues mass-pulled Double Rare ex copies.

Pricing on the singles market for the MEP #029 and MEP #030 promos is still settling at brief date — check PriceCharting / Beckett at publish-time for the latest comps. The Y Tin promo (MEP #030) is the freshest singles-market item in the entire Mega Charizard cluster as of May 2026.

How to identify which Mega Charizard you have (vintage vs modern, X vs Y, regular vs promo)

If you're holding a Mega Charizard and you're not sure which printing it is, six steps almost always solve it without leaving your couch:

1. Read the card name. Capital "M Charizard EX" or "M Charizard-EX" means 2014–2016 M Pokémon-EX (vintage). Lowercase "Mega Charizard X ex" or "Mega Charizard Y ex" means 2025+ Mega ex (modern). The capitalization is load-bearing.
2. Check the flame color and Pokémon type listed on the card. Blue flame, Dragon type listed = X form. Orange/red flame, Flying type listed = Y form. The dragon/flying type designator is printed near the HP value on every Mega Charizard card across every era.
3. Find the card number in the lower-left corner of the card frame. XXX/106 = XY Flashfire 2014. XX/83 = Generations 2016. XXX/108 = XY Evolutions 2016. XXX/094 = Phantasmal Flames Nov 2025. XXX/217 = Ascended Heroes Jan 2026. MEP #0XX = Mega Evolution Promos (UPC #023 or Tin #029 / #030).
4. If the first three digits exceed the set total (e.g. 107/106, 108/106, 101/108, 109/094, 125/094, 294/217), you have a Secret Rare, Full Art Ultra Rare, SIR, or Mega Hyper Rare — one of the chase tiers for that era. The higher the number-over-total, the more chase the print typically is.
5. Look at the art treatment. Cracked-ice foil with a regular text frame = vintage XY Rare Secret (107/106, 108/106). Textured silver border with full-body art and no text frame on the art panel = Full Art Ultra Rare (101/108, 109/094). Borderless full-card storytelling scene = Special Illustration Rare (125/094). Full-card gold-etched foil = Mega Hyper Rare (294/217), a tier brand-new to Ascended Heroes 2026.
6. Verify on the canonical source — Bulbapedia or the Pokémon.com TCG database cross-references every printing by set + card number. For graded copies, the cert resolves on the grader's own website: PSA cert lookup, CGC cert lookup, SGC cert lookup.

What Mega Charizards are pulling: PSA-10 economics across the lineage

PSA-9-to-PSA-10 spread is what drives the modern Mega Charizard grading economy, and every figure below traces to a linked aggregator at the brief date — values move; this is range orientation, not a quote. Honest comp data lives at Card Ladder (trailing-90 sale-by-sale), Beckett (loose / sealed comps), and PSA Auction Prices Realized (individual PSA-graded sale anchors). Use those, not a single eBay sold-search.

The honest sweep across the Mega Charizard lineage, all figures as of May 2026:

• Flashfire M Charizard EX (Y) 13/106 — raw NM low double digits typical; PSA 10 in the low-three-figure range. The most-recognizable vintage Mega Y print and the cheapest gateway to a graded Y-form vintage slab.
• Flashfire M Charizard EX (X) 69/106 — similar broad range to the Y, often slightly higher on PSA 10 due to less Y-form supply at the time. Cross-check Card Ladder for the current X-vs-Y spread.
• Flashfire 107/106 + 108/106 Secrets — the 2014 chase prints; meaningfully higher than the regular Holo ex prints on both raw and PSA 10. Stable comp data is thinner because trade volume is lower.
• Generations 12/83 + XY Evolutions 13/108 — raw NM under $20 typical; PSA 10 in the low-three-figure range. The cheapest path to a vintage Mega Charizard slab overall — Generations slightly cheaper than Evolutions on recognition basis.
• XY Evolutions 101/108 Full Art — significantly higher than the standard Holo prints; PSA 10 in the mid-three-figure range typical. The Full Art commands the premium and is the under-loved vintage chase that pairs naturally with the 2025 Phantasmal Flames 109/094.
• Phantasmal Flames Mega Charizard X ex 125/094 SIR — raw NM $475–$635 (May 2026 eBay active); PSA 10 ~$1,750–$1,800 (Dec 2025 MagPro snapshot), $1,525–$2,725 current eBay active range. The CGC-10 $54,100 auction record from late 2025 is an outlier; do not generalize.
• Phantasmal Flames Mega X ex 109/094 Full Art — mid-three-figure PSA 10 typical and the slab hobby forum collectors mid-2026 are quietly calling the smarter long-term hold relative to the SIR (supply/demand math favors it).
• MEP #023 Mega Charizard X ex UPC promo — raw NM has compressed from a ~$80 launch high (Dec 2025) to roughly $44 by May 2026 per the Facebook PokéInvesting community snapshot. PSA 10 typically carries a 3x–4x multiple on modern Black Star Promos with a multiplier this hot.
• Ascended Heroes Mega Charizard Y ex 294/217 Mega Hyper Rare — raw NM ~$603.60 (Sports Card Investor last sale, late May 2026). PSA 10 pop is still maturing at brief date; treat current PSA-10 asks as floating-price discovery and re-research at the 60-day mark.
• MEP #029 + MEP #030 Tin promos (Feb 20, 2026) — too fresh for stable PSA-10 data at brief date; check PriceCharting for both Tin promo singles at publish-time.

Grading economics, plainly stated. PSA Standard service is roughly $15–$25 per card plus shipping at current public tiers (live pricing on psacard.com); CGC and SGC sit in the same range. A PSA-9-to-PSA-10 spread of 3x–5x on a modern Mega SIR or Mega Hyper Rare typically clears grading cost only at the PSA 10 outcome — PSA 9 grades on these slabs are routinely net breakeven or worse once fees and shipping are loaded. Pull quality matters more than the print itself: a centered, sharp-cornered raw copy is worth submitting; a beat-up raw copy isn't, no matter how chased the printing. Specific dollar figures change weekly — treat any value here as a starting point and check the linked comps.

Vintage vs modern Mega Charizard: which one should you chase?

The Mega Charizard decision tree splits three ways for a real collector in 2026 — vintage XY M EX, modern Phantasmal Flames Mega X ex, or modern Ascended Heroes Mega Y ex. Honest framing per path:

The honest take: chase vintage XY for nostalgia and the cheap-slab entry point — the 2016 Evolutions 13/108 Holo is the gateway slab. Chase Phantasmal Flames Mega X for the breakout 2025 hobby moment with a known PSA-10 ceiling on the 125/094 SIR and a deflated MEP #023 promo that has likely overshot its compression. Chase Ascended Heroes Mega Y for the freshest Mega Hyper Rare slot with an unknown ceiling — high variance, high freshness, high attention. Most collectors who care about Mega Charizard end up chasing one printing per form (one X, one Y) and graduating to the SIR or Mega Hyper Rare once they've settled on the form.

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