Mega Froslass ex 265 — what does this card actually do?
This card has 310 HP, a top attack printed at 150 damage and a Metal weakness.
Water · Stage 1 MEGA ex · Ascended Heroes · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026
What does Mega Froslass ex 265 do in a game?
Mega Froslass ex 265 is a Water Pokémon card with 310 HP, printed as Stage 1 MEGA ex.
Its strongest attack, Absolute Snow, is printed at 150 damage for 3 Energy — 50 damage per Energy card.
Because of the Metal weakness, any Metal attack printed at 155 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Mega Froslass ex 265Ascended Heroes
Mega Froslass ex 265 performance summary
310 HP · Water · Stage 1 MEGA ex · retreat 1 · Metal weakness ×2
as of July 28, 2026
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 1
Strongest on Attack cost lightness — top 1.8% of the archive. Weakest on Energy efficiency — bottom 88.9%.
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 | 97.5% | 310 HP |
| Top printed damage | 90.0% | 150 damage |
| Energy efficiency | 88.9% | 50 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 343 at 310 HP.
Mega Froslass ex 265310 HPPrinted HP
The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 70 HP above this card.
Mega Emboar ex 273380 HPWhat stands out on Mega Froslass ex 265
- Hit points 310 HP puts it in the 290~330 band, where 2.4% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
- Energy It returns 50 damage per Energy card against 49.0 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 1.
- Weakness A Metal attack printed at 155 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
- Legality 3 of the 3 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.
Mega Froslass ex 265 at a glance
- What it is. A Water Pokémon card with 310 HP printed as Stage 1 MEGA ex, printed in Ascended Heroes.
- What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 150 damage for 3 Energy.
- What it fears. A Metal weakness at ×2, which means 155 printed damage is enough to remove it.
- What it costs to move. 1 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
- Where it can be played. Standard and Unlimited 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 Froslass ex 265 cost, and what do they hit for?
The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 150 damage, which is 50 damage for every Energy card attached.
| Attack | Energy cost | Cards of Energy | Printed damage | Damage per Energy | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resentful Refrain | 1 Water | 1 | 50× | 50 | This attack does 50 damage for each card in your opponent's hand. |
| Absolute Snow | 1 Water + 2 Colorless | 3 | 150 | 50 | Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. |
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.
Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol
A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.
- Resentful Refrain is printed as 50×, so the printed number is multiplied — the attack deals that much for each thing the sentence beside it counts.
How does Mega Froslass ex 265 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 310 HP, which is 82% 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 310 HP.
Cards in the 290~330 band typically print 165 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 | 3.3% | 567 cards |
| 290~330 — this card | 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 150.
Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 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 — this card | 9.0% | 1,461 cards |
| 190~250 | 3.8% | 621 cards |
| 260+ | 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 Froslass ex 265 stands highest on HP — number 343 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 310 HP
middle half 60–130 HP - Top printed damage 150 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 Froslass ex 265 efficient for the Energy it asks for?
Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 150 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 50.
| 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 Froslass ex 265 — this card | 50.0 | 150 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 |
| Resentful Refrain | — | 50 | — |
| Absolute Snow | — | 50 | — |
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 150 is read as high or low rather than merely large.
Is Mega Froslass ex 265 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 Water card do for Mega Froslass ex 265?
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 — this card | 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 | 3.1% | 530 cards |
| Fairy | 1.4% | 237 cards |
Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Water weakness.
What being a Water card is worth
Groups that most often print a Water weakness: Fire (1,574 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Water cards are themselves most exposed to Metal.
What knocks out Mega Froslass ex 265 in one hit, and what does it knock out?
Weakness doubles the damage a Metal attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 155 printed damage rather than 310.
Bastiodon160 damage160 damage becomes 320 against this card
Mega Froslass ex 265310 HPWhy this card was picked to stand opposite
Of the 130 cards in the archive that can remove Mega Froslass ex 265 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 160 printed damage against a bar of 155. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.
Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.
| Card | Set | HP | Printed damage | After weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH163) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH164) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH165) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian V-UNION (SWSH166) | SWSH Black Star Promos | 320 | 340 | 680 |
| Zacian VSTAR (96) | Crown Zenith | 270 | 310 | 620 |
| Aggron VMAX (97) | Brilliant Stars | 330 | 270 | 540 |
310 HP against a Metal ×2 weakness means any Metal attack printed at 155 damage or more is enough. 130 cards in the archive clear that bar.
280 HP
Arcanine ex [32]
280 HP
Arcanine ex [224]
280 HP
Charizard VSTAR [19]
280 HP
Charizard VSTAR [18]
280 HP
Charizard VSTAR [174]
280 HP
Charizard VSTAR [SWSH262]
1,648 cards in the archive are weak to Water and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.
What is Mega Froslass as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?
Mega Froslass ex 265 is one print of Mega Froslass. 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 Froslass 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 Froslass print, and can the older ones still be played?
3 prints carry this name in the archive. 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 Froslass ex 275/217 | ME: Ascended Heroes | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Mega Froslass ex 265/217 | ME: Ascended Heroes | Mark I | Legal in Standard |
| Mega Froslass ex 047/217 | ME: Ascended Heroes | 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 Froslass ex 265?
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 Greninja ex | Chaos Rising | 350 | 120 | 1 |
| Mega Greninja ex | Chaos Rising | 350 | 120 | 1 |
| Mega Froslass ex | Ascended Heroes | 310 | 150 | 1 |
| Mega Starmie ex | Perfect Order | 330 | 210 | 2 |
| Mega Greninja ex | Chaos Rising | 350 | 120 | 1 |
| Mega Starmie ex | Perfect Order | 330 | 210 | 2 |
This card itself is 310 HP, 150 top damage and 1 retreat, and every card here is Water like it.
Back to summaryWhich other cards share the Pokémon behind Mega Froslass ex 265?
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.
310
Mega Froslass ex [275]
90
Froslass [117]
90
Froslass [3]
80
Froslass [2]
90
Froslass [226]
70
Froslass GL [6]
90
Froslass [174]
90
Froslass [RC8]
310
Mega Froslass ex [47]
250
Froslass ex [217]
90
Froslass [23]
80
Froslass [38]
250
Froslass ex [3]
90
Froslass [43]
90
Froslass [53]
90
Froslass [36]
16 cards in the archive share this Pokédex number. 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 Froslass ex 265 in Ascended Heroes?
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.
Counter Gain [259]
Glass Trumpet [260]
Jamming Tower [261]
N's PP Up [262]
Team Rocket's Transceiver [263]
Ultra Ball [264]
350
Mega Eelektross ex [266]
270
Mega Diancie ex [267]
250
Mega Hawlucha ex [268]
350
Mega Gengar ex [269]
330
Mega Scrafty ex [270]
370
Mega Dragonite ex [271]
These are the cards numbered either side of #265 in Ascended Heroes. 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 Froslass ex 265, 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
“Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. 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 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card. | 16,744 cards | 81.9% |
| 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 Standard and Unlimited and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark I, printed next to the card number. It was released on January 30, 2026.
Which generation of cards does Mega Froslass ex 265 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 Froslass ex 265 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, Absolute Snow, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
- That works out at 50 damage for every Energy card attached.
- Moving it out of the active spot costs 1 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.
- It cannot start the game in play — Snorunt has to be on the field first.
Where its HP stands, cut four ways
What actually removes it
- A Metal attack printed at 155 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 310 HP.
- 130 cards in the archive clear that bar.
- Going the other way, it removes 1,648 cards in one attack.
Mega Froslass ex 265 card record
| Hit points | 310 HP | Type | Water |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Metal ×2 | Retreat cost | 1 Energy |
| Evolves from | Snorunt | Card type | Stage 1 MEGA ex |
| Regulation mark | Mark I | Pokédex number | #478 |
| Set | Ascended Heroes | Card number | 265 of 217 |
| Series | Mega Evolution | Released | January 30, 2026 |
| Rarity | MEGA_ATTACK_RARE | Illustrator | Saboteri |
| Tournament legality | Standard and Unlimited and Expanded only | ||
| Printed rule | Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. 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 Froslass ex 265 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 Froslass ex 265 — frequently asked questions
How much damage does it take to knock out Mega Froslass ex 265?
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What is the retreat cost of Mega Froslass ex 265?
What does the × after the damage on Resentful Refrain mean?
Can an older Mega Froslass print be played in a tournament?
What does Mega Froslass ex evolve from?
Can Mega Froslass ex 265 be played in a tournament?
What does the rule on Mega Froslass ex 265 mean?
Does this page say how good Mega Froslass ex 265 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
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