Inferno X (M2) Review — Mega Charizard X ex, and Why Charizard Sets Never Really Die
There's a rule in this hobby that holds up better than almost any other: Charizard sets don't go down. Not permanently. You can find a dip, you can find a quiet quarter, but the long line goes one direction and it has done for thirty years.
Inferno X released 26 September 2025 and put Mega Charizard X ex — the black one, the one people have wanted back since 2014 — at the centre of a 116-card set. Across four different rarities, which means four different entry prices for the same card.
Why it's interesting now rather than at launch
Inferno X is approaching a year old, and attention has moved forward through M3, M4, M5 and M6. That's exactly what makes it worth a look: the chase hasn't gone anywhere, but the release-week price pressure has entirely evaporated. Boxes have been available meaningfully under peak secondary asking prices.
The other cards
Dawn's SAR is the set's second serious chase and a card that has quietly performed. The rest of the set is a solid Fire-leaning card pool that fed into the English Phantasmal Flames release.
The case for buying it
If you're building a Mega Evolution era run, M2 is the set with the most durable single card in it. Charizard is the one Pokémon where "will people still want this in five years" isn't a question anyone needs to ask.