0.0% of the meta · Updated July 25, 2026
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Rapidash ex
Special Art Rare
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This attack also does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon.
Rapidash ex (150 HP) wins by firing Sprinting Flare for 110 to the Active Pokemon plus 20 to a benched target every turn, applying two-front damage that threatens knockouts across the field simultaneously. Moltres ex provides a powerful fire co-attacker for matchups where a second big threat is needed.
Open by finding Ponyta with Poké Ball and benching Moltres ex alongside it. Use Professor's Research, Copycat, and May to draw into Rapidash ex. X Speed reduces Rapidash ex's retreat cost to make pivoting easier. Once Rapidash ex is active with three fire energy, Sprinting Flare hits the Active for 110 and splashes 20 to any benched target. Rocky Helmet punishes the opponent for attacking Rapidash ex, discouraging easy trading. Flame Patch can shift fire energy from the discard or bench to accelerate the attacker. Red boosts a single attack for critical knockout turns.
Active Pokemon — Sprinting Flare
110 damage to Active + 20 damage to 1 Benched Pokemon
Both hit simultaneously; chain splash damage to wear down benched attackers before they become active
Sprinting Flare deals 20 to a benched Pokemon every turn. After two or three uses the chosen benched target accumulates 40–60 chip damage. When that Pokemon promotes, it arrives in the active spot already hurt and falls to a single Sprinting Flare hit, denying the opponent any attack from it. Choose bench targets that are likely to promote next.
Moltres ex provides a second fire threat that opponents must respect. Keeping both Rapidash ex and Moltres ex charged forces the opponent to split defensive attention. X Speed and Cyrus help rotate and control positioning. Rocky Helmet placed on either attacker adds passive damage whenever the opponent hits it, compressing the knockout timeline.
Jolteon ex at 25% favorable win rate for Rapidash ex confirms electric-type attacks are devastating. Any electric attacker dealing 75+ damage exploits fire weakness to one-shot or two-shot Rapidash ex efficiently. Doing so scores 2 points on the ex knockout, seizing a point lead that Rapidash ex rarely recovers from.
Sprinting Flare splash is 20 per turn. Benching high-HP basics or ex Pokemon with 100+ HP takes five or more turns to knock out from splash alone. Denying Rapidash ex easy bench knockouts forces it to deal all its value through the active slot, which can be managed with healing or switching.
Rapidash ex is a Stage 1 that requires Ponyta to evolve. Sniping Ponyta with bench attacks or cheap one-energy moves before it evolves scores 1 point and removes the entire three-energy attacker. Since Poké Ball finds Ponyta as a basic, the deck relies on natural draw after that to find a replacement, buying several turns of pressure-free play.
Co-attacker / backup fire threat
Threats — Weak Against
Based on type weakness analysis of core cards. View full matchup matrix →
