Mega Evolve—Luck of the Draw

	Mega Evolve—Luck of the Draw; 吉か凶かのメガシンカ！ Mega Evolution of Good Luck or Bad Luck!
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Type	Special co-op event
First run	May 20 to June 6, 2025
Featured sync pairs	Grimsley (Kimono) & Absol

Mega Evolve—Luck of the Draw (Japanese: 吉か凶かのメガシンカ！ Mega Evolution of Good Luck or Bad Luck!) was a special co-op event in Pokémon Masters EX. It was focused on the sync pair Grimsley (Kimono) & Absol.

The "Grimsley Variety Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Grimsley (Kimono) & Absol for the duration of the event.

During this event, players could take on Grimsley (Kimono) & Absol in co-op battles, but they could not use the "Create Your Own Team" option to challenge these battles. Grimsley (Kimono) & Absol had the passive skill Head Start 6, allowing them to use their sync move and Mega Evolve immediately. The battle "Challenge Grimsley" could be challenged an unlimited number of times, but the battle "Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley" could only be challenged once per day. Players could complete event missions by completing these battles a certain number of times, earning 5★ Power-Up Tickets and Co-op Sync Orbs.

In addition, limited-time Gym missions were available from the start of the event to May 29, 2025, rewarding players for completing battles in the event a certain number of times. Players could earn Gems by completing solo missions and Gym Scout Tickets B by completing group missions.

In conjunction with this event, tiles that can be activated for zero energy were added to the sync grids of all Mega Evolution sync pairs that were able to Mega Evolve upon release, excluding Arc Suit Cynthia & Garchomp and Arc Suit Steven & Metagross. These tiles are available at move level 1 and increase the power of their sync moves by 90.

Battles

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards
Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards
Challenge Grimsley	Very Hard	Grimsley (Kimono)	Gengar Weakness:	Absol Weakness:	Alakazam Weakness:	Gems ×100	3★ Level-Up Manual ×5
Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Ultra Hard	Grimsley (Kimono)	Gengar Weakness:	Absol Weakness:	Alakazam Weakness:	Gems ×100	Codex Set, Vol. 1 ×5

Event missions

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete the following area ×5 Challenge Grimsley	5★ Power-Up Ticket ×10
Mission 2	Complete the following area ×10 Challenge Grimsley	5★ Power-Up Ticket ×10
Mission 3	Complete the following area ×15 Challenge Grimsley	5★ Power-Up Ticket ×10
Mission 4	Complete the following area ×20 Challenge Grimsley	5★ Power-Up Ticket ×10
Mission 5	Complete the following area ×25 Challenge Grimsley	5★ Power-Up Ticket ×10
Mission 6	Complete the following area ×2 Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
Mission 7	Complete the following area ×4 Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
Mission 8	Complete the following area ×6 Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
Mission 9	Complete the following area ×8 Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
Mission 10	Complete the following area ×10 Challenge an Intimidating Grimsley	Co-op Sync Orb ×2,000
Reward for completing all missions		Gems ×1,000

Gym missions

Group missions


Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete the following area a total of 20 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×1
Mission 2	Complete the following area a total of 50 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×2
Mission 3	Complete the following area a total of 100 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×2
Mission 4	Complete the following area a total of 150 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×3
Mission 5	Complete the following area a total of 200 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×3
Mission 6	Complete the following area a total of 250 times. (This count includes other gym members.) Challenge Grimsley	Gym Scout Ticket B ×4

Solo missions


Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete the following area ×5 Challenge Grimsley	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete the following area ×15 Challenge Grimsley	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete the following area ×25 Challenge Grimsley	Gems ×500

Gallery

Event banner

Music

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 00004	Adventure Awaits	Unknown
During battle	No. 05004	Battle! (Unova Elite Four) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox.

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		吉か凶かのメガシンカ！
Mandarin Chinese		吉凶難料的超級進化！
French		Méga-Évolution à pile ou face
German		Mega-Entwicklung! Top oder Flop
Italian		Rischiare tutto con la megaevoluzione!
Korean		길인가 흉인가 메가진화!
Spanish		Megaevolución a cara o cruz

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