Mega Latias ex 181 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 280 HP and a top attack printed at 300 damage.
Dragon · Basic MEGA ex · Mega Evolution · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Mega Latias ex 181 do in a game?
Mega Latias ex 181 is a Dragon Pokémon card with 280 HP, printed as Basic MEGA ex.
Its strongest attack, Illusory Impulse, is printed at 300 damage for 3 Energy — 100 damage per Energy card.
Mega Latias ex 181Mega Evolution
Mega Latias ex 181 performance summary
280 HP · Dragon · Basic MEGA ex · retreat 1
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Strongest on Top printed damage — top 0.3% of the archive. Weakest on Retreat lightness — bottom 94.4%.
Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.
| Measure | Percentile | Printed value |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 96.5% | 280 HP |
| Top printed damage | 99.7% | 300 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 99.3% | 100 per Energy |
| Retreat lightness | 94.4% | 1 Energy |
| Attack cost lightness | 98.2% | 1 Energy |
2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.
Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 503 at 280 HP.
Mega Latias ex 181280 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 100 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Mega Latias ex 181
- Hit points 280 HP puts it in the 240~280 band, where 3.3% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 100 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
- Legality 3 of the 3 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Mega Latias ex 181 at a glance
- What it is. A Dragon Pokémon card with 280 HP printed as Basic MEGA ex, printed in Mega Evolution.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 300 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
- What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.
What do the attacks on Mega Latias ex 181 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 300 damage, which is 100 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strafe | 1 Colorless | 1 | 40 | 40 | You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. |
| Illusory Impulse | 1 Fire + 1 Psychic + 1 Colorless | 3 | 300 | 100 | Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. |
Retreating costs a further 1 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.
What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.
One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.
How does Mega Latias ex 181 compare with every other card?
Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.
The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.
This card prints 280 HP, which is 74% of that ceiling.
Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.
17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 280 HP.
Cards in the 240~280 band typically print 158 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~70 | 38.6% | 6,669 cards |
| 80~120 | 33.1% | 5,725 cards |
| 130~180 | 15.5% | 2,679 cards |
| 190~230 | 6.6% | 1,148 cards |
| 240~280 — this card | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 | 2.4% | 412 cards |
| 340+ | 0.5% | 90 cards |
16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 300.
Cards in the 260+ band typically have 287 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| ~30 | 42.7% | 6,938 cards |
| 40~60 | 22.0% | 3,566 cards |
| 70~120 | 21.8% | 3,535 cards |
| 130~180 | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ — this card | 0.8% | 125 cards |
17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 1 Energy.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically have 93 HP and print 49 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1.8% | 304 cards |
| 1 — this card | 54.4% | 9,392 cards |
| 2 | 26.4% | 4,565 cards |
| 3 | 14.7% | 2,533 cards |
| 4 | 2.4% | 421 cards |
| 5 | 0.3% | 47 cards |
17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 1 Energy to retreat.
Cards with a retreat cost of 1 typically have 81 HP and print 40 damage.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5.3% | 914 cards |
| 1 — this card | 49.3% | 8,503 cards |
| 2 | 28.6% | 4,926 cards |
| 3 | 12.6% | 2,168 cards |
| 4 | 4.2% | 729 cards |
That is where Mega Latias ex 181 stands highest on HP — number 503 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.
- Hit points 280 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 300 damage
middle half 20–90 damage
- Lowest to highest printed in the archive
- Middle half of the archive
- This card
Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.
Open the group this card falls into
Back to summaryIs Mega Latias ex 181 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 300 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.
Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.
Cards whose cheapest attack costs 1 typically return 49.0 damage per Energy card. This card returns 100.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Energy | 49.0 | 49 damage typical |
| 2 Energy | 32.5 | 65 damage typical |
| 3 Energy | 34.7 | 104 damage typical |
| 4 Energy | 27.8 | 111 damage typical |
| 5 Energy | 41.8 | 209 damage typical |
| Mega Latias ex 181 — this card | 100.0 | 300 damage for 3 Energy |
Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.
| Group | Typical printed damage | Damage per Energy card | Cards in this group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy | 45 | — | 304 |
| Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy | 49 | 49 | 9,392 |
| Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy | 65 | 33 | 4,565 |
| Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy | 104 | 35 | 2,533 |
| Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy | 111 | 28 | 421 |
| Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy | 209 | 42 | 47 |
| Strafe | — | 40 | — |
| Illusory Impulse | — | 100 | — |
Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead
The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 300 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Mega Latias ex 181 strong for a MEGA card?
MEGA cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.
The group is every MEGA card in the archive — 207 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.
What does being a Dragon card do for Mega Latias ex 181?
Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.
17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Psychic | 13.5% | 2,335 cards |
| Water | 14.1% | 2,435 cards |
| Colorless | 12.6% | 2,173 cards |
| Fire | 9.1% | 1,574 cards |
| Fighting | 10.9% | 1,884 cards |
| Lightning | 8.8% | 1,520 cards |
| Grass | 13.8% | 2,387 cards |
| Metal | 5.4% | 925 cards |
| Darkness | 7.2% | 1,249 cards |
| Dragon — this card | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
What being a Dragon card is worth
No group in the archive most often prints a Dragon weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.
What is Mega Latias as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Mega Latias ex 181 is one print of Mega Latias. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.
Every Mega Latias print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.
Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.
Back to summaryIs this the strongest Mega Latias print, and can the older ones still be played?
5 prints carry this name in the archive, and 3 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.
| Set | Regulation mark | Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Latias ex 181/132 | ME01: Mega Evolution | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Mega Latias ex 163/132 | ME01: Mega Evolution | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Mega Latias ex 100/132 | Prize Pack Series Cards | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
3 of the 3 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.
Back to summaryWhat can you use instead of Mega Latias ex 181?
Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.
| Card | Set | HP | Top damage | Retreat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Latias ex | Mega Evolution | 280 | 300 | 1 |
| Mega Latias ex | Mega Evolution | 280 | 300 | 1 |
This card itself is 280 HP, 300 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Dragon like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Mega Latias ex 181?
Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.
250
Latias & Latios-GX [170]
80
Latias ★ [105]
160
Latias-EX [112]
90
Latias ex [93]
210
Latias ex [239]
250
Latias & Latios-GX [190]
70
Latias δ [8]
100
Latias ex δ [95]
70
Latias δ [11]
250
Latias & Latios-GX [169]
80
Latias [HGSS10]
90
Latias [XY78]
250
Latias & Latios-GX [113]
160
Latias-EX [85]
80
Latias [3]
70
Latias [4]
100
Latias [9]
120
Latias [GG20]
80
Latias [22]
100
Latias [SM87]
110
Latias [SM135]
130
Latias ◇ [107]
210
Latias ex [220]
210
Latias ex [76]
120
Latias [SWSH171]
280
Mega Latias ex [163]
110
Latias [139]
120
Latias [153]
280
Mega Latias ex [100]
120
Latias [193]
110
Latias [67]
31 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number (#380). The badge on each card is its printed HP, the figure under the name is its hardest printed attack, and the name sits under the picture. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What was printed next to Mega Latias ex 181 in Mega Evolution?
A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.
Rare Candy [175]
Wally's Compassion [176]
380
Mega Venusaur ex [177]
360
Mega Gardevoir ex [178]
340
Mega Lucario ex [179]
280
Mega Absol ex [180]
300
Mega Kangaskhan ex [182]
Acerola's Mischief [183]
Lillie's Determination [184]
Lt. Surge's Bargain [185]
Wally's Compassion [186]
360
Mega Gardevoir ex [187]
These are the cards numbered either side of #181 in Mega Evolution. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
Which rules apply to Mega Latias ex 181, and where can it be played?
Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.
The rule printed on this card
“Mega Evolution ex Rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.”
Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out
Every knockout carries the opponent 3 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.
| Clause | What the rulebook says | Cards it applies to | Share of the archive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat | Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn). | 17,244 cards | 84.3% |
| Energy per turn | You can attach Energy just once each turn! | 17,180 cards | 84.0% |
Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.
| Format | Status | What that means |
|---|---|---|
| Standard | Legal | Can be played in this format |
| Expanded | Legal | Can be played in this format |
| Unlimited | Legal | Can be played in this format |
Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.
Where this card can be played
This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark I, printed next to the card number. It was released on September 26, 2025.
Which generation of cards does Mega Latias ex 181 belong to?
The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.
8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.
The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.
| Group | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Mark D | 15.4% | 1,261 cards |
| Mark E | 14.7% | 1,202 cards |
| Mark F | 14.4% | 1,180 cards |
| Mark G | 19.9% | 1,634 cards |
| Mark H | 15.7% | 1,283 cards |
| Mark I — this card | 14.8% | 1,215 cards |
| Mark J | 5.1% | 419 cards |
Mega Latias ex 181 in depth — what these figures add up to
Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.
What it asks a deck for
- Its hardest attack, Illusory Impulse, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 100 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
Mega Latias ex 181 card record
| Hit points | 280 HP | Type | Dragon |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retreat cost | 1 Energy | Card type | Basic MEGA ex |
| Regulation mark | Mark I | Pokédex number | #380 |
| Set | Mega Evolution | Card number | 181 of 132 |
| Series | Mega Evolution | Released | September 26, 2025 |
| Rarity | Special Illustration Rare (SIR) | ||
| Tournament legality | Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | Mega Evolution ex Rule: When your Mega Evolution Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. | ||
Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.
What does Mega Latias ex 181 cost?
This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.
Mega Latias ex 181 — frequently asked questions
What is the strongest attack on Mega Latias ex 181?
What is the retreat cost of Mega Latias ex 181?
Can an older Mega Latias print be played in a tournament?
Can Mega Latias ex 181 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Mega Latias ex 181 mean?
Does this page say how good Mega Latias ex 181 is in a deck?
Where these card facts come from
Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.
Primary official source
First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.
Industry source
Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.