Mega Brave (M1L) Complete Guide: Card List & Chase Cards

What Is Mega Brave (M1L)?

Mega Brave (拡張パック「メガブレイブ」, product code M1L) is a Japanese Pokemon TCG expansion released August 1, 2025. It launched the same day as its sister set, Mega Symphonia (M1S), and together they kicked off Pokemon’s new “MEGA” series — the first Japanese sets built entirely around the Mega Evolution ex mechanic since the original Mega Evolution era in the XY block a decade earlier.

The official product page describes Mega Evolution ex as evolution “beyond the limits of evolution” — Mega ex Pokemon hit hard, but like other ex cards, they give up three Prize cards when knocked out. Mega Brave’s cover Pokemon and flagship card is Mega Lucario ex, which appears across four separate print rarities in the set, including the top-tier MUR at 092/063.

Mega Brave also carries the “connecting artwork” gimmick the official page highlights for the AR and SAR tiers in this era: when certain AR and SAR cards are placed side by side, their illustrations line up into a continuous scene. The Pokemon Company’s product page confirms the mechanic exists across the MEGA series but doesn’t itemize every connecting pair, so treat specific pairings as something to discover pack by pack rather than a published checklist.

Because Mega Brave has not had an English-language release, every card below is shown by its Japanese name with an English gloss for identification. If you’re comparing this set to its sibling, our Mega Symphonia complete guide covers the Mega Gardevoir ex side of the same launch.

One thing worth noting for anyone coming to this set from the English side of the game: neither Mega Brave nor Mega Symphonia has an announced English print run yet. Japanese MEGA-series sets have consistently released two to three months ahead of their English counterparts throughout 2025 and 2026, and there’s no confirmed Delta Reign-style English equivalent for this specific pair as of this writing. That gap is exactly why collectors outside Japan import Mega Brave directly rather than waiting — by the time (or if) an English version lands, the Japanese chase cards will already have an established price history.

SAR Chase Card Ranking

The five Special Art Rares (087/063–091/063) are the tier collectors open boxes for. All five are confirmed and cross-checked against two independent Japanese card databases:

Community rankings on Japanese card sites consistently put the SAR Mega Lucario ex and the SAR Lillie’s Resolve at the top of the non-MUR chase list, just behind the Mega Lucario ex MUR itself. That’s a community-frame ranking rather than an official Pokemon Company statement, but it lines up with the set’s overall pattern: the cover Pokemon’s SAR outranks the other four SARs, and full-art Supporter cards (Lillie’s Resolve, Koga’s Trade) trade at a premium over full-art Pokemon that aren’t the set’s flagship.

For a broader look at how SAR and MUR chase cards get valued across the whole MEGA era, see our Mega Evolution chase card guide, and for the pull-rate side of the equation specifically for this set, our companion Mega Brave pull rates and best cards article breaks down what to expect box by box.

Booster Box Guide

Mega Brave follows the standard Japanese retail structure: 1 pack = 5 cards for ¥180 tax included, and 1 box = 30 packs for ¥5,400 tax included at official Japanese retail. A separate bundle product, the “Premium Trainer Box MEGA,” combines 20 packs (10 each of M1L and M1S) with 172 additional promo and accessory cards — that’s a distinct combined-set product, not a standalone M1L box, so don’t mistake it for a straight Mega Brave booster box.

As of August 6, 2026, secondary-market asking prices for a shrink-wrapped Mega Brave box on Japanese resale platforms run around ¥11,500. We price our sealed M1L box at ¥12,168 (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) — not the cheapest listing you’ll find, but every box ships tracked, direct from our Tokyo warehouse, with the same authenticity handling we apply to every sealed product we sell. For collectors outside Japan, that combination of traceable shipping and a verified source matters more than shaving a few hundred yen off the sticker price, especially on a box where the chase card is worth many times the box itself.

For a wider view of how M1L’s box price sits against the rest of the MEGA era — M1S, M2, M2a, and beyond — see our Japanese Pokemon MEGA booster box price index.

What actually comes out of a Mega Brave box is a mix that spans the full rarity ladder covered above: expect the usual run of commons, uncommons, and rares from the 001–063 main set in most packs, with AR, SR, SAR, and eventually MUR pulls layered in at progressively lower rates as you move up the tier list. Because Mega Lucario ex is printed at four separate rarities in this set, a single box can realistically land you a base-set copy, an SR, or — on a good day — the SAR or MUR, without ever touching a second box. That stacked-rarity design is part of why this particular set has held collector interest a year after release: there’s a meaningful chase at every price point, not just at the very top.

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