We’ve finally been graced with details for TPCi’s (The Pokemon Company International’s) latest expansion for the Mega Evolution era of Pokemon. Not to be confused with the recent announcements for Pokemon Pocket, these cards are coming to the paper TCG. Labelled ‘Inferno X’, this set appears to cater to the Mega Charizard X ex that was revealed to western audiences during the 2025 Pokemon World Championship.
Mega Charizard X ex and Oricorio ex confirmed for Inferno X
Mega Charizard X ex
Inferno X: Discard any amount of [R] Energy from among your Pokemon, and this attack does 90 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Oricorio ex
Ability: Excited Turbo
As often as you like during your turn, if you have any Fire-type Mega Evolution Pokemon ex in play, you may use this Ability. Attach a Basic Fire-type Energy card from your hand to 1 of your Benched Fire-type Pokemon.
Fire Wing: 110 damage.
While initially revealed back during the 2025 World Championship some time ago, TPCi has now confirmed that Inferno X will feature two of the revealed Pokemon, Mega Charizard X ex and Oricorio ex. Unfortunately, it looks like Mega Dragonite ex may not be a part of this set.
Mega Dragonite ex’s release is reportedly being reserved for another expansion down the line, currently labelled as Mega Dream ex.
New Mega Pokemon: Mega Sharpedo ex line
Carvanha
Assault: 30 damage. This Pokemon does 10 damage to itself.
Mega Sharpedo ex
Greedy Fangs: 70 damage. Draw 2 cards.
Hungry Jaw: 120+ damage. If this Pokemon has any damage counters on it, this attack does 150 more damage.
Aside from Mega Charizard X ex, TPCi has also revealed a new Pokemon joining the small but growing roster of Mega Evolutions.
Mega Sharpedo ex comes in as a Stage-1 Mega Pokemon that can offer players some utility in the form of its card draw. As far as overall stats are concerned, Mega Sharpedo ex falls somewhere in the middle of the pool for now.
Mega Sharpedo ex’s health pool may not be as robust as Mega Charizard X ex, but it’s enough to survive most attacks, and allows an opening for Mega Sharpedo ex to use its fully powered ‘Hungry Jaw’ attack as a reprisal. If you're using this version of Carvanha, you could pre-empt 'Hungry Jaw's full 270 damage the turn after.
Some Darkness-type Support
Toxel
Call For Family: Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokemon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.
Playful Kick: 20 damage.
Toxtricity
Ability: Bad Upper
Once during your turn, you may search your deck for 1 Basic Darkness-type Energy and attach it to 1 of your Benched Darkness-type Pokemon. If you do, put 2 damage counters on that Pokemon. Then, shuffle your deck.
Gentle Slap: 100 damage.
The Toxtricity line offers some very good utility for Darkness-focused decks. In the Active Zone, Toxel can easily bring in any pair of Basic Pokemon for board building. The fact that Toxel’s ‘Call for the Family’ doesn’t discriminate on its search target may intrigue players enough to invest that single Dark energy into it.
As for Toxtricity itself, it’s basically recurring energy acceleration. It may not have the same explosive output as Marnie’s Grimmsnarl ex, but Toxtrcitiy makes up for it with its flexibility for targets.
While the damage for the energy attachment may be off-putting at first, Munkidori is a staple tool that can be found in decks running Darkness-type energy.
Toxtricity can also pre-emptively enable Munkidori to start flinging damage counters across the field without relying on Froslass to start seeding these counters across multiple bodies.
New Trainer Cards
Grimsley's Move
Look at the top 7 cards of your deck. Choose a Darkness-type Pokemon you find there and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle the other cards face down, and put them on the bottom of your deck. (You can't play this card on your first turn.)
Heat Burner
You must discard 1 Basic Fire-type Energy from your hand in order to play this card.
Choose a Pokemon Tool, Special Energy, or Stadium card your opponent has in play and discard it.
Firebreather
Search your deck for up to 7 Basic Fire-type Energy cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.
Rounding up this batch of reveals, we have some new Trainer cards supporting both the Darkness and Fire archetype.
Grimsley’s Move gives players another option to dig for any Darkness-type Pokemon. It may not be as precise as a Nest Ball/Ultra Ball, and using the Supporter slot for the turn is a steep price, but the fact that it can target any Darkness-type, regardless of evolution, makes it very versatile when it comes to a player building their bench.
For Heat Burner, it’s an all-in-one fix for any lingering non-Pokemon problem cards for Fire-type decks. While there are options like Tool Scrapper that can freely get rid of its intended target, the fact that Heat Burner can target multiple card types, including special energy cards, makes it fairly versatile and frees up space for whatever else a player may be inclined to run. Discarding a Fire Energy is costly, but for the versatility provided, it may very well be worth it.
As for Firebreather, it’s just raw search power. A single card for a net return of six, even if they're all energy cards, is pretty ludicrous. Firebreather also answers how players are able to load up their hand for Mega Charizard X ex’s attack. It’s still a little early to tell if Mega Charizard X ex can be as competitively viable as its discarding peers (Gholdengo ex/Raging Bolt ex) but at least TPCi is giving players the tools to enable such a set-up.