Mega Darkrai ex
Mega Darkrai ex is the standout chase card of Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Pitch Black, the fifth Mega Evolution-era expansion in the current TCG cycle, released July 17, 2026 by The Pokémon Company as the set's headline pull.
It's a 280 HP Darkness-type Basic Mega Evolution Pokémon ex with two attacks — Dusk Raid (110+ damage, +110 more if any benched Pokémon has damage counters) and Abyss Eye (knocks out an opponent's Special-Condition-afflicted Active Pokémon) — and it gives up 3 Prize cards when knocked out, per the Mega Evolution ex rule.
The card prints across four collector tiers in Pitch Black: a Double Rare base version (#048), an Ultra Rare full art (#101), the chase Special Illustration Rare by illustrator AKIRA EGAWA (#116/120), and a gold Mega Hyper Rare (#120) — the last of which anchored a viral "god pack" pull worth over $750 per card ungraded.
It's the set's hero sneaker colorway — the one card everyone searches by name.
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Search Interest
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Nascent0–7 days
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Emergent ← now8–30 days
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Validating31–90 days
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Rising91–180 days
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Established180 days +
Why is it emerging now?
Mega Darkrai ex was named a headliner when Pitch Black was announced April 30, 2026, got its full art reveal July 10, and became the set's viral chase card the week of its July 17 release — anchoring a widely shared all-gold "god pack" pull worth thousands of dollars.
Outlook
6-month signal projection and commercial timeline.
Chase-card search demand for a Pokémon TCG headliner typically holds for 2-3 months post-release before the price stabilizes and attention shifts to the next set.
Risk · If reprints or a slab-price correction hit before content ships, "value" search intent cools faster than the evergreen "stats" and "how to use" queries.
Analogs · Pokémon TCG Pitch Black · Charizard ex (Obsidian Flames)
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nowChase-card price discovery
Ungraded SIR trading near $298, PSA 10 near $1,525; volatile as fresh pulls hit the market.
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3-6moGrading backlog clears
PSA/CGC pop reports firm up rarity, and secondary-market prices settle into a stable band.
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6-12moAttention shifts to next set
The next Mega Evolution expansion's headliner takes over chase-card search volume.
Competition & Opportunity for term “Mega Darkrai ex”
Signals derived from the tracked queries, the term's monetization cards, and its cluster neighbors. Heuristic except where marked measured (Google KD).
Ideas for term “Mega Darkrai ex”
Buildable pitches — turn this term into an article, site, product, post, newsletter, video, or course. Steal any card and run with it.
Direct-answer explainer for the exact autocomplete queries (stats, value, price, PSA 10) driving ~33K monthly searches with thin existing competition.
Comparison piece across the card's four print tiers (#048/#101/#116/#120) with price-per-tier breakdown for collectors deciding what to chase.
Chase-card prices move fast post-release; an embeddable tracker beats a static article and can be reused for each set's headliner.
Combines competitive-play analysis (Dusk Raid damage math) with resale-value commentary, a two-audience hook that plain box-break content misses.
Ten gold Mega Darkrai ex cards in one pack — and the internet spent a week arguing about whether it was even real.
Pitch Black has 115+ cards. Almost all the search traffic is going to one of them.
220 damage sounds huge until you check what it costs to set up — so I ran the numbers.
What People Search
Long-tail queries from Google Suggest + Trends. Volume and competition are heuristics — directional, not audited. Content Type comes from query shape.
SERP of term “Mega Darkrai ex”
What searchers see today — organic results on top, paid ads if anyone's bidding. Ad density is a real-time commercial signal.
FAQ
What is Mega Darkrai ex?
Mega Darkrai ex is the standout chase card of Pokémon TCG: Mega Evolution—Pitch Black, the fifth Mega Evolution-era expansion in the current TCG cycle, released July 17, 2026 by The Pokémon Company as the set's headline pull.
Why is Mega Darkrai ex emerging now?
Mega Darkrai ex was named a headliner when Pitch Black was announced April 30, 2026, got its full art reveal July 10, and became the set's viral chase card the week of its July 17 release — anchoring a widely shared all-gold "god pack" pull worth thousands of dollars.
When did Mega Darkrai ex emerge?
Publicly emerged around 2026-07-17 (about 9 days ago as of 2026-07-26). EarlyTerms first recorded a pipeline signal on 2026-07-22.
Related Terms
Other terms in the same space — aliases, subtypes, competitors, and neighbors to explore next.
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Sources
Primary URLs this report cites — open any to verify the claim yourself.
- 01 Pokémon.com — Mega Evolution–Pitch Black expansion arrives July 17, 2026 pokemon.com ↗
- 02 Pokémon.com — Sneak a peek at cards from Mega Evolution–Pitch Black pokemon.com ↗
- 03 Pokémon.com — Pitch Black expansion is available now pokemon.com ↗
- 04 PkmnCards — Mega Darkrai ex full card text, #116 pkmncards.com ↗
- 05 GAMES.GG — First ever all-gold god pack pulled from Pitch Black games.gg ↗
- 06 TCGtalk — Pitch Black pull rates & pack odds, 253 packs opened tcgtalk.com ↗
- 07 PriceCharting — Mega Darkrai ex #116 price history pricecharting.com ↗