Steven Stone has been on a Pokemon card since an ADV-era support card that predates the Hoenn remakes, through two separate XY-era prints tied to Mega Rayquaza, to a full 2025 series built entirely around him and his signature Metagross. Ten headline cards, four eras, one Hoenn champion.
This guide walks through the key Japanese printings of Steven Stone, from the early World Champions Pack support card to the 2025 « Steven’s Pokemon » wave that gave him his own starter set and a Special Art Rare Metagross ex. The 2025 starter set also contains further Steven’s-named supporting cards, covered as part of that product rather than catalogued individually below. We ship Japanese sealed product and singles out of Tokyo every week, and the stock referenced here reflects our own catalog.
Because Steven’s cards span four separate eras and two different companion Pokemon lines — Mega Rayquaza in 2015, then his own Metagross evolution family from 2025 onward — the fastest way to identify a specific copy is by set code and card number rather than by artwork alone. Several of these prints share the same illustrator or the same Supporter effect, and the details below are organized so you can match a physical card to its exact printing.
Steven Stone has ten headline Japanese card printings spanning the ADV, XY, SM, and 2025 « Steven’s Pokemon » eras (plus further Steven’s-named supporting cards inside the 2025 starter set). A graded example of his signature 2025 card, PSA10 Steven’s Metagross ex 245/193 SAR is currently listed at ¥12,766 (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order), and the sealed Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex starter set is available via quote — ask through Quick Order (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order) for current stock.
Prices reflect our own catalog as of August 2026, converted at ¥163/USD where noted. Card identification and release details are sourced from Japanese card-database records for each printing.
Every Steven Stone Card and Its Set
Ten headline Steven Stone cards across four eras, from an early-2000s support card to his 2025 starter set:
| Carte | Number | Rarity | Série | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven’s Advice | WCP 092/108 | — | World Champions Pack | — |
| Steven | XYD 014/018 | — | Mega Battle Deck 60: M Rayquaza EX | 2015 |
| Steven | XY-P 121 | Promo | Emerald Break box campaign | 2015 |
| Steven’s Resolve | SM7 088/096 | R | SM7 | 2018 |
| Steven’s Resolve | SM7 102/096 | SR | SM7 | 2018 |
| Steven’s Beldum | SVOD 005/018 | — | Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex (starter set) | 2025 |
| Steven’s Metang | SVOD 006/018 | — | Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex (starter set) | 2025 |
| Steven’s Metagross ex | SVOD 007/018 | — | Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex (starter set) | 2025 |
| Steven’s Metagross ex | M2a 245/193 | SAR | MEGA Dream ex | 2025 |
| Steven’s Skarmory | MC 494/742 | — | Deck 100 Battle Collection | 2025 |
The gap between the WCP-era support card and the 2015 XY prints is wide, but the real story is 2025 — five of Steven’s ten current cards, including his flagship Metagross ex, come from a single year across three separate expansions (SVOD, M2a, and MC). No other year in Steven’s card history comes close to that concentration. The sections below cover each era and what to look for when identifying a specific print.
A quick way to sort the table above: if the name is « Steven’s [Pokemon] » — a possessive plus a Pokemon name — it’s a 2025 printing tied to his Metagross line or starter-set product. The older possessive-named cards, Steven’s Advice and Steven’s Resolve, are Supporters rather than Pokemon, so check whether the card is a Pokemon or a Trainer before using the name alone to date it.
The Earliest Print: Steven’s Advice
Steven’s Advice (WCP 092/108) is Steven’s earliest current Japanese card, part of the World Champions Pack. It’s a Supporter-style effect: draw a card for every Pokemon your opponent has in play, with the condition that you can’t use it once your hand already holds more than seven cards. The artwork is by Ken Sugimori. The English-language equivalent of this effect, Steven’s Advice, later appeared in the EX Hidden Legends set and again as a reprint in Power Keepers.
We don’t currently have a verified image URL for this specific printing, so treat it as an identification reference rather than a visual one — card number 092/108 on a World Champions Pack card is the marker to check for.
The effect itself is a straightforward draw-based Supporter, but the hand-size condition — it can’t be played once you’re already holding more than seven cards — means it rewards playing it early in a game rather than as a late-game topper. That design detail carried through to its English-language equivalent as well, which used the same wording.
The XY Era: Two Prints, One Champion
Steven’s next two Japanese cards both landed in 2015, tied to two different products from the same window of the XY era.
The first is Steven, XYD 014/018, illustrated by Megumi Mizutani and included in the Mega Battle Deck 60 « M Rayquaza EX » preconstructed deck. The English-language equivalent of this print appeared as Steven in Roaring Skies.
The second is a promo version, XY-P 121, also illustrated by Megumi Mizutani, issued as part of the box-purchase campaign for the Emerald Break expansion. It shares an era with that set’s own Trainer chase cards, which we cover separately in our other Hoenn-era Trainer coverage.
Both 2015 cards use the same illustrator, which makes them easy to confuse from a thumbnail image. The reliable way to tell them apart is the set marker printed on the card itself: XYD 014/018 belongs to the Mega Battle Deck 60 product line, while XY-P 121 carries the promo numbering used for campaign-exclusive cards rather than a standard set number.
Steven’s Resolve: SM7’s Regular and Secret Rare
Steven’s Resolve is a Supporter that lets you search your deck for any card you want and add it to your hand, at the cost of ending your turn immediately after playing it — a high-ceiling, high-commitment effect that fits a champion-tier Trainer. Both printings come from the SM7 expansion, released June 1, 2018 (the same expansion window as Celestial Storm in the English-language card game), and both are illustrated by Hitoshi Ariga.
The regular print, 088/096, is rarity R. The secret rare, 102/096, is a full-art print numbered beyond the set’s stated total — the standard marker for a Japanese secret rare. The English-language equivalent of this effect appeared as Steven’s Resolve in Celestial Storm, including a full-art secret version of its own.
SM7 sits roughly three years after Steven’s XY-era prints and seven years before his 2025 Metagross ex wave. It’s also the only entry in this guide where the same effect is illustrated twice by the same artist across two rarities, which makes the pair a natural set to collect together if you’re after both the standard and secret versions of a single Steven card.
The 2025 Steven’s Pokemon Series
2025 is when Steven Stone got his own dedicated release. On February 21, 2025, the Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex starter set (SVOD) launched as a sealed, pre-built 19-card deck — not a single card, but a complete product built around Steven’s signature Metagross evolution line.
The deck runs the full evolution line — Steven’s Beldum (005/018, illustrated by Takeshi Nakamura), Steven’s Metang (006/018), and Steven’s Metagross ex (007/018, illustrated by PLANETA Mochizuki) — alongside supporting cards including Steven’s Skarmory, Steven’s Baltoy, Steven’s Claydol, and Steven’s Carbink, a stadium card, and a reprint of the Supporter Nemona at 015/018. It’s a sealed starter set product, and since our listing carries no fixed price, it’s available on request — quote the Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex set via Quick Order (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order).
Steven’s Metagross ex itself is a two-stage Metal-type with 340 HP. Its Ability, X-Boot, lets you attach one basic Psychic Energy and one basic Metal Energy from your deck to your Psychic or Metal Pokemon once per turn, and its attack, Metal Stamp, does 200 damage for one Metal and two Colorless Energy. That same card design carries over into its high-rarity reprint below. For a full breakdown of Metagross across every Japanese printing, see our Metagross cards guide.
The chase version of that same card is Steven’s Metagross ex, M2a 245/193, a Special Art Rare from the MEGA Dream ex high-class pack, released November 28, 2025 and illustrated by chibi. A graded copy is currently listed at ¥12,766 as PSA10 Steven’s Metagross ex 245/193 SAR (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order). For the full spread of chase cards from this set, see our MEGA Dream ex best cards guide.
Both Metagross ex cards share the same Ability and attack text. What separates them is the frame: SVOD 007/018 is the starter-set standard print, while M2a 245/193 is the Special Art Rare, full-bleed illustration from MEGA Dream ex.
Steven’s Skarmory and Deck 100
Rounding out the 2025 wave is Steven’s Skarmory (MC 494/742), illustrated by Nisota Niso and released December 19, 2025 as part of Deck 100 Battle Collection — a large-scale starter-deck product spanning 100 preconstructed decks across the format. It’s a supporting piece of the same 2025 Steven’s Pokemon identity as the Beldum & Metagross ex starter set, extending his card presence beyond the core Metagross line into his broader Hoenn team.
Between February and December 2025, Steven Stone appeared in three separate products — his own starter set, a high-class pack chase card, and a large-format collection deck. Taken together, that’s the densest single-year concentration of Steven cards in the set’s print history to date, and it’s the reason the 2025 wave is the natural starting point for anyone collecting him specifically rather than picking up his older cards incidentally.
Where to Buy Steven Stone Cards from Japan
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For Steven Stone specifically, the 2025 Metagross ex line is the most direct route in either graded or sealed form:
- PSA10 Steven’s Metagross ex 245/193 SAR — currently listed at ¥12,766 (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order)
- Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex starter set — sealed, quote via Quick Order (mise à jour : épuisé — demande de réassort via Quick Order)
For other graded Trainer-card pulls at a similar price point, see our PSA10 Trainer cards guide and our best PSA10 Japanese cards under ¥30,000 guide, or use our Quick Order page to build a mixed order across sealed product and singles in one checkout.
Since the starter set carries no fixed listing price, the fastest way to get a current figure is to submit it through Quick Order along with any graded singles you want in the same shipment — that also lets you combine the sealed Beldum & Metagross ex deck with the graded Metagross ex SAR in a single tracked package from Tokyo.
Foire aux questions
What is Steven Stone’s most valuable Pokemon card?
Among current printings, Steven’s Metagross ex (M2a 245/193), a Special Art Rare from the MEGA Dream ex high-class pack, is his flagship 2025 card. A PSA10 graded copy is currently listed at ¥12,766 in our catalog.
What is Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex?
It’s a sealed, 19-card pre-built starter set (SVOD) released February 21, 2025, built around Steven’s Beldum, Metang, and Metagross ex evolution line, alongside supporting Trainer and Pokemon cards. It’s a sealed product rather than a single card.
Are Steven’s Metagross ex from the starter set and from MEGA Dream ex the same card?
They share the same Ability and attack text, but they’re different printings. SVOD 007/018 is the standard starter-set print; M2a 245/193 is the Special Art Rare version from the MEGA Dream ex expansion.
When did Steven Stone first appear on a Pokemon card?
His earliest current Japanese printing is Steven’s Advice (WCP 092/108) from the World Champions Pack, predating his 2015 XY-era and 2025 « Steven’s Pokemon » appearances.
Where can I buy Steven Stone Pokemon cards from Japan?
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo. PSA10 Steven’s Metagross ex 245/193 SAR is currently listed at ¥12,766, and the sealed Steven’s Beldum & Metagross ex starter set is available via quote through our Quick Order page.
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