Mega Brave (Japanese: メガブレイブ) and Mega Symphonia (Japanese: メガシンフォニア) are the names given to the two Japanese paired sets that collectively make up the first expansion of cards released during the Japanese Pokémon Trading Card Game's MEGA Series. These sets feature the Mega Evolution Pokémon Mega Lucario and Mega Gardevoir.
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Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia reintroduce Mega Evolution into the card game for the first time since the XY Series and Sun & Moon Series, as powerful Mega Evolution Pokémon ex cards worth 3 Prize cards, utilizing the typical stage and Pokémon Evolution of their depicted Pokémon. This variant of Pokémon ex uses a black-and-yellow symbol. The first cards, Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex, were revealed in the Pokémon Presents presentation on Pokémon Day 2025 with a standalone trailer.[1] Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia also introduce Full Art (SR/Super Rare, equivalent to English's ultra rare) prints of Item cards, Pokémon Tool cards, and Stadium cards for the first time.
A new rarity introduced in these sets is the MUR (MUR/Mega Ultra Rare) rarity, applied to special gold-etched Mega Evolution Pokémon ex cards. Unlike previous Pokémon ex cards with the rarity of (UR/Ultra Rare; Hyper Rare in English), the artworks on MUR-rarity cards are not reused from their SR counterparts; instead, they feature unique artworks with the Mega-Evolved Pokémon standing in front of elaborate circular backgrounds.
Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia are released in Japan on August 1, 2025. Each booster pack contains 5 cards. Each booster box contains 30 booster packs. Cards within these sets are included in the English Mega Evolution expansion. Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia are also released in Traditional Chinese on August 15, 2025, and in Korean on September 26, 2025.
This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
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symbol. The first cards, Mega Lucario ex and Mega Gardevoir ex, were revealed in the Pokémon Presents presentation on Pokémon Day 2025 with a standalone trailer.[1] Mega Brave and Mega Symphonia also introduce Full Art 
(SR/Super Rare, equivalent to English's 
ultra rare) prints of Item cards, Pokémon Tool cards, and Stadium cards for the first time.
(UR/Ultra Rare; Hyper Rare in English), the artworks on MUR-rarity cards are not reused from their SR counterparts; instead, they feature unique artworks with the Mega-Evolved Pokémon standing in front of elaborate circular backgrounds.
