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Mega Lucario ex Lucario
EnergyFighting
X Speed
Trainer
“X Speed” (P-A-002) is a Trainer card from the Promos-A set in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Its type is Item, and its effect is: During this turn, the Retreat Cost of your Active Pokémon is 1 less.
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X Speed Card Details
Illustrator·Toyste BeachEffect
During this turn, the Retreat Cost of your Active Pokémon is 1 less.
How to get X Speed
Deck snapshot
Where X Speed is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 21.3%
- 621 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 84.7% of lists using it
Decks that use “X Speed”
Event window: Sep 23, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026
Daily tournament data
Build with X Speed
Seen in 21.3% of 2,912 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
- Tournament usage
- 21.3%
- 621 / 2,912 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 84.7% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.15
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 34
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “X Speed”
- Mega Lucario ex Lucario
- 1 copy
- 98.2% (163)
- 2 copies
- 1.8% (3)
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- Inclusion
- 89.2%
- Meta share
- 6.4%
Real 2-copy list
- 1× Lucario
- 2× Tyrogue
- 2× Riolu
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× Elegant Cape
- 2× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 98.7% (148)
- 2 copies
- 1.3% (2)
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- Inclusion
- 96.2%
- Meta share
- 5.4%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Starting Plains
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Vespiquen ex Shuckle ex
- 1 copy
- 39.8% (41)
- 2 copies
- 60.2% (62)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 3.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Vespiquen
- 2× Shuckle ex
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 2× Combee
- 2× Vespiquen ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Leaf Cape
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Fragrant Forest
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Professor's Research
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- 2× Shuckle ex
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 2× Combee
- 2× Vespiquen ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Leaf Cape
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Fragrant Forest
- 2× X Speed
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Lucario ex Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (24)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 92.3%
- Meta share
- 0.9%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 2× Riolu
- 1× Lucario
- 1× Hitmonlee
- 1× Teal Mask Ogerpon ex
- 2× Mega Lucario ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 1× Korrina
- 1× Arena of Antiquity
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sceptile ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (17)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 38.6%
- Meta share
- 1.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Froakie
- 1× Greninja
- 1× Pheromosa
- 2× Treecko
- 1× Grovyle
- 2× Mega Sceptile ex
- 1× Furfrou
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Greninja
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (13)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Team Rocket's Weezing ex Hoopa ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (12)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 85.7%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 2× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Rotom ex Oricorio
- 1 copy
- 11.1% (1)
- 2 copies
- 88.9% (8)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Rotom ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Repel
- 2× Elemental Switch
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Electric Generator
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 2× Order Pad
- 1× Team Rocket's Thieving Machine
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
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Real 2-copy list
- 2× Oricorio
- 2× Rotom ex
- 1× Prank Spinner
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Electric Generator
- 1× Hiking Trail
- 2× Order Pad
- 2× Team Rocket's Thieving Machine
- 1× Team Rocket's Goo-zooka
- 2× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 1× Red Card
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Tournament intelligence
X Speed in tournament decks
This card appears in 34 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Rotom ex Zeraora
Last seen Sep 28, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Rotom ex Raikou ex
Last seen Aug 30, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Rotom ex Smeargle
Last seen Aug 28, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Rotom ex Pachirisu
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with X Speed
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as X Speed. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 34
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 33
- avg. inclusion
- 99.4%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 32
- avg. inclusion
- 70.8%
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 31
- avg. inclusion
- 98.9%
Field Blower
B3-147
- shared archetypes
- 23
- avg. inclusion
- 66.7%
Lucky Ice Pop
B2-145
- shared archetypes
- 16
- avg. inclusion
- 75.5%
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