Pokemon TCG fans didn’t have to wait very long for Charizard to take center stage in the new Mega Evolution era. The new Phantasmal Flames expansion adds Mega Charizard X and several other powerful cards to the game in a small but powerful expansion. While the first Mega Evolutions set didn’t have many cards that could serve as the centerpieces of metagame-viable decks, Phantasmal Flames contains several cards that should have a major impact on one of the best card games in the coming years.
Phantasmal Flames is one of the smallest sets released for the Pokemon TCG in recent years. With only 90 standard cards (and about 40 alternate art cards), the set is the smallest since 2017’s Sun & Moon – Crimson Invasion. However, the set also keeps a standard started in the XY era, namely that Charizard has starred as the featured Pokemon in the second expansion of a new set. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the new Charizard card in this set – Mega Charizard X ex – is one of the strongest cards in the game and will likely start popping up in tournaments almost immediately.
