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Japanese Mega Rayquaza ex Prices: What Storm Emeralda Singles Tell You About ME06 Delta Reign
By Dexhaul Team · September 7, 2026
The Japanese version of ME06 Delta Reign has been trading in secondary markets for weeks, and the live singles prices tell you almost everything you need to know before the English set launches November 6.
In Japan, the set is called MEGA Expansion Pack Storm Emeralda (M6 for short). The English edition follows as Mega Evolution 6: Delta Reign. The cards are equivalent across both versions: same Pokémon, same rarity tiers, same pack structure.
What is different is timing.
Japanese collectors have already cracked boxes, graded chase cards, and set the secondary market floor. That floor is the most accurate pre-release price signal available for English buyers right now.
Here is what the live data shows.
Storm Emeralda: Three Featured Mega Forms
The set headlines three Mega ex Pokémon: Mega Rayquaza ex, Mega Golurk ex, and Mega Malamar ex.
Rayquaza is the only one of the three with a confirmed Mega form in the main-series games. Mega Rayquaza, introduced in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (2014), requires the move Dragon Ascent rather than a Mega Stone, which makes it uniquely flexible in competitive play. Its Dragon/Flying typing and the Delta Stream ability make the card's lore grounded in something real.
Mega Golurk ex and Mega Malamar ex are a different story. Golurk, a Generation V Ghost/Ground type first seen in Pokémon Black and White, never received a Mega form in any game. Malamar, introduced in Generation VI alongside the Mega Evolution mechanic itself, was similarly passed over.
The TCG created Mega forms for both that exist only on card.
This distinction matters for pricing. It matters a lot.
The Rarity Ladder: Four Tiers, Real Prices
M6 Storm Emeralda has a base set of 76 cards. Special cards are numbered above that count, following the standard Japanese Scarlet and Violet rarity progression.
Double Rare (RR): The Playable Tier
The Double Rare cards sit inside the base 76-card range. These are the full-border ex versions with clean, no-frills artwork: Mega Golurk ex (033/076) at around $4, Mega Malamar ex (048/076) trading between $1 and $3, and Mega Rayquaza ex (058/076) at approximately $7.
These are the versions you put in a deck.
Mechanically, a Double Rare Mega Rayquaza ex is identical to the $1,387 version at the top of the set. The price gap is entirely about art.
Super Rare (SR): Full Art, Lower Stakes
Super Rares are numbered sequentially above the base set, starting at 093/076. Mega Golurk ex SR (093/076) runs $5 to $6. Mega Malamar ex SR (094/076) has a wider range, from $5 to $30, depending on condition and seller.
Mega Rayquaza ex SR (095/076) sits at $25 to $61, a three to ten times premium over the Double Rare for the same Pokémon in a different art treatment.
Special Art Rare (SAR): Where the Gap Becomes Extreme
The SAR tier is where the brand equity gap becomes undeniable.
Card 109/076 is Mega Golurk ex SAR. Current listings run $10 to $21.
Card 110/076 is Mega Rayquaza ex SAR. Current listings run $479 to $520.
That is a 23x to 46x price difference inside the same rarity classification. Both cards carry the Special Art Rare designation. Both sit in the same sequential block of the set's numbering.
The gap is not a grading anomaly or a supply shortage. It is what happens when one Pokémon has a two-decade competitive and cinematic history and the other is a TCG-exclusive Mega form most casual fans would not recognize at all.
The Crown Card: 113/076
At the top of the set sits a Mega Rayquaza ex at card number 113/076, the SIR tier: Special Illustration Rare, the most premium art treatment. Current listings place it around $1,387 USD.
That number will move as graded examples surface and as the English launch approaches, but it establishes the ceiling. For context, Rayquaza VMAX's alternate art from Evolving Skies has held above $1,000 since 2021.
Rayquaza at the top of a set is not new.
What This Means for English ME06 Pre-Orders
English sets print in higher volume than Japanese sets, which typically pushes single card prices lower than the Japanese equivalent at launch. But the rarity hierarchy and the relative values between cards in the set translate directly.
Based on Storm Emeralda data, here is what the English ME06 Delta Reign market is likely to look like:
The Mega Rayquaza ex SIR equivalent in English will be the premium pull. Expect it to open above $200 at launch and settle based on pull rates and print run. The Mega Golurk ex and Mega Malamar ex full-art equivalents will likely be bulk or near-bulk, consistent with the $5 to $21 Japanese market floor.
For sealed product buyers, this means one of two things. You are opening for the Rayquaza chase, which requires volume. Or you are pre-ordering sealed at today's prices to hold, knowing the Rayquaza SIR drives demand.
The Booster Bundle is the entry point at $44.95 from MHDEALSPLUS. The ETB sits at $85 from multiple sellers, with allocated listings from Prince Distribution at CA$56.50 for buyers in Canada.
One Number Worth Keeping in Mind
The Mega Rayquaza ex Double Rare (058/076) trades at about $7 in Japan. The Mega Rayquaza ex SIR (113/076) trades at $1,387. Both are the same Pokémon, the same card game move, the same rarity class of "ex."
The 200x price gap is entirely explained by art tier. If you want to play Mega Rayquaza ex in a constructed deck, the $7 card performs identically. If you want the premium art version for a binder or a graded slab, you are paying for the illustration, the exclusivity of the pull, and the name on the card.
Neither answer is wrong. The Storm Emeralda secondary market is just showing you, in real numbers, what each version of that decision costs before the English launch locks in its own pricing.
Search DexHaul for Delta Reign to see every in-stock pre-order listed by independent sellers, with current pricing across all formats from sleeved packs to booster box cases. DexHaul is an independent search engine and is not affiliated with The Pokémon Company.