Onix’s evolution has picked up two very different treatments in the Japanese Pokemon TCG. One pairs Steelix with a Trainer figure in a Character Rare slot. The other reworks it as a Mega Evolution secret rare from the XY era, priced well above the first. Both are real cards you can buy right now, not concepts.
This guide walks through the Steelix printings worth knowing if you’re buying Japanese cards: the Character Rare from Dream League, the Mega Steelix EX secret rare from Fever-Burst Fighter, the original 1999 Neo Genesis printing, and two current-generation prints from Pokémon GO and Mega Brave. We ship Japanese sealed product and singles out of Tokyo every week, and the pricing below reflects our own catalog.
Steelix has stayed on the Steel-type roster since the original Gold & Silver generation, and it evolves from Onix across every printing covered here — the Stage 1 slot is consistent even as the artwork, rarity tier, and card mechanics shift from set to set. That evolution line is part of why collectors track Steelix specifically rather than treating it as one entry in a longer list of Steel-type Pokemon: the same base creature keeps returning in Character Rare, Mega Evolution, and Art Rare form as the TCG’s rarity system has changed shape over 25 years.
Two Steelix cards are currently listed (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) in our catalog: the Character Rare PSA10 Steelix CHR from Dream League, currently listed at ¥8,549 (~$52) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order), and the PSA10 M Steelix EX SR, 1st Edition, from Fever-Burst Fighter, currently listed at ¥61,800 (~$379) — more than seven times the CHR’s price. Both are PSA10-graded singles — availability is as shown on the product page.
Prices are our own PSA10-graded stock as listed in August 2026, converted at ¥163/USD for reference. Where we don’t hold stock of a printing, no price is given.
Steelix Printings Worth Knowing
Five Steelix prints across five different eras of the Japanese TCG, from its 1999 debut to the current Mega era:
| 卡牌 | Number | Rarity | Set | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steelix | SM11b 060/049 | CHR | Dream League | 2019 |
| M Steelix EX | XY11b 057/054 | SR | Fever-Burst Fighter | 2016 |
| Steelix | Neo Genesis #15 (EN) | Holo Rare | Gold & Silver debut (JP) / Neo Genesis (EN) | 1999 |
| Steelix | S10b 044/071 | U | Pokémon GO | 2022 |
| Steelix | M1L 073/063 | AR | Mega Brave | 2025 |
The two prints we hold PSA10 stock of — the Dream League CHR and the Fever-Burst Fighter Mega Steelix EX SR — are covered first. The remaining three fill in the wider print history: where Steelix’s TCG career started, and where it stands in two of its most recent sets.
This isn’t a full census of every Steelix card ever printed in Japan — the line has additional appearances in sets we haven’t detailed here, since our research focus for this guide is the two printings we currently carry in graded form plus the reference points that explain how Steelix’s rarity tier has evolved over time. If you’re after a specific Steelix printing not covered below, our Quick Order page is the fastest way to ask.
The Character Rare: Steelix CHR (Dream League)
Steelix’s entry in Dream League (SM11b, released August 2, 2019) is a Steel-type, 170 HP Stage 1 that evolves from Onix, illustrated by Avec Yoko. The card is a Character Rare (CHR) — a rarity tier that pairs a Pokemon with an accompanying Trainer figure in the artwork, and this one shows Steelix alongside a Trainer character in the frame.
Its first attack, for two Colorless Energy, lets you discard any number of Pokémon with a Retreat Cost of 4 from your hand, dealing 50 damage for each one discarded. Its second attack, for one Metal Energy and three Colorless, flips coins until you get tails and deals 100 damage for every heads flipped along the way.
Card number 060 of a 049-card set total is a signal worth knowing on its own: numbers that run past the set’s printed total are how Japanese sets flag their secret-rare-range cards, and CHR slots sit inside that range alongside the set’s SR and other chase-level pulls. That’s part of why Dream League’s Character Rares carry more collector attention than their HP and attack text alone would suggest.
This copy is currently listed at ¥8,549 (~$52) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order) in PSA10 grade. For the rest of the Dream League chase cards this Steelix shares a set with, see our Dream League best cards guide, and for more on how the CHR rarity tier works across sets, see our Character Rare (CHR) cards guide.
Mega Evolution: M Steelix EX SR (Fever-Burst Fighter)
Fever-Burst Fighter (XY11b, 2016) is where Steelix got its Mega Evolution treatment: a Steel-type, 240 HP card that evolves from Steelix-EX via Mega Evolution, illustrated by 5ban Graphics. Its single attack, for one Metal Energy and four Colorless, deals a flat 160 damage.
Mega Evolution cards from the XY era work as a mid-game upgrade rather than a card you play from the start: you first put a matching EX Pokemon into play, then evolve it into its M-EX form once it’s already on the board, trading a turn for a jump in HP and attack output. That’s the mechanical reason M Steelix EX runs 240 HP against the base Steelix-EX’s lower total, and it’s a pattern used across Mega Evolution EX cards printed in the XY era, not something unique to this card.
Our product title lists this card as “XY11-2” — that’s our own shorthand for the set most card databases label XY11b. Fever-Burst Fighter was released as a split set (XY11a / XY11b), and this Mega Steelix EX carries card number 057 of 054 total at Secret Rare (SR). Its English-set counterpart is Steam Siege.
Our copy carries a 1st Edition mark, a stamp used on XY-era Japanese prints. It’s PSA10-graded and currently listed at ¥61,800 (~$379).
For the wider Fever-Burst Fighter lineup this Mega Steelix comes from, see our XY11 best cards guide. And for more on how Mega Evolution EX cards fit into the broader XY-era EX lineup, see our XY-era EX and Mega EX cards guide.
Where It Started: Neo Genesis
Steelix’s first Pokemon TCG card came in Japan’s 1999 Gold & Silver debut set. Its English-language printing is Neo Genesis, card #15, a Holo Rare illustrated by Ken Sugimori, a Steel-type, 110 HP Stage 1 with two attacks: a basic 20-damage Tackle, and a second attack dealing 30 damage that adds 20 more on a coin flip.
The exact Japanese card number for this printing hasn’t been confirmed here, so we’re not printing a specific number for it. We don’t carry this printing as JP stock, and Pokemon card images on this site are Japanese-language prints only, so there’s no card image for this entry — it’s included for print-history context ahead of the two current-generation Steelix cards below.
What stands out from this original print is how simple the attack design is: a flat 20-damage Tackle backed by a heavier attack that adds a bonus 20 damage on a coin flip. That two-attack layout is typical of the era, well before the multi-Pokemon hand discards and coin-flip damage scaling that the Dream League CHR above would carry two decades later.
Modern Steelix: Pokémon GO and Mega Brave
Two of the most recent Japanese Steelix prints come from very different sets three years apart.
The Pokémon GO set (S10b, 2022) printed Steelix at Uncommon, a Steel-type, 180 HP Stage 1 illustrated by GOSSAN. Its first attack, for three Colorless Energy, deals 70 damage with a coin-flip chance to paralyze the Defending Pokémon. Its second attack, for one Metal Energy and three Colorless, deals 170 damage but locks Steelix out of using that same attack on its next turn.
The Mega Brave set (M1L, 2025) gave Steelix an Art Rare (AR) treatment — a Steel-type, 200 HP Stage 1 illustrated by Tonji Matsuno. Its first attack, for two Colorless Energy, deals 40 damage that jumps to 240 if you still have all six of your Prize cards remaining. Its second attack, for two Metal Energy and two Colorless, deals a flat 140 damage.
Neither of these two prints is currently in our PSA10 stock, so no price is listed for them here — the pricing above applies only to the Dream League CHR and Fever-Burst Fighter Mega Steelix EX SR we carry.
Placed side by side, the five Steelix prints in this guide sketch a rough shape of how the card has been treated over time: a plain two-attack Stage 1 in 1999, a Trainer-paired Character Rare and a Mega Evolution secret rare in the mid-to-late 2010s, and two further Art Rare and Uncommon treatments in the 2020s as newer rarity tiers were introduced. None of that changes what the card does on the field — it’s still a Steel-type wall built around Onix’s evolution line — but it does explain why the same Pokemon shows up across such a wide price range depending on which print you’re holding.
Where to Buy Japanese Steelix Cards
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo with tracked delivery. For Steelix specifically, our two PSA10-graded singles are the direct route:
- PSA10 Steelix CHR (SM11b 060/049), Dream League — currently listed at ¥8,549 (~$52) (update: currently sold out — restock requests via Quick Order)
- PSA10 M Steelix EX SR, 1st Edition (XY11b 057/054), Fever-Burst Fighter — currently listed at ¥61,800 (~$379)
Both are single graded listings, so availability is as shown on the product page. For other current pulls and graded singles beyond Steelix, browse our PSA10 card list, or use our Quick Order page to build a mixed order of graded singles and sealed product in one checkout.
If you’re comparing Steelix against the other Character Rare and Mega Evolution cards from the same two sets, the Dream League best cards guide and XY11 best cards guide cover the rest of each set’s chase cards, and our Quick Order page is the fastest way to build a mixed order across either set alongside your Steelix pickup.
常見問題
What is the most expensive Steelix Pokemon card currently in stock?
Between our two listed PSA10 Steelix cards, the M Steelix EX SR, 1st Edition, from Fever-Burst Fighter (XY11b 057/054) is currently listed at ¥61,800 (~$379) — more than seven times the price of the Dream League Steelix CHR at ¥8,549 (~$52).
What is a Character Rare (CHR) Steelix card?
Character Rare (CHR) is a rarity tier that pairs a Pokemon with an accompanying Trainer figure in the artwork. Steelix’s CHR print comes from Dream League (SM11b 060/049), released August 2, 2019, illustrated by Avec Yoko.
Is the M Steelix EX SR from “XY11-2” the same card as Steam Siege’s M Steelix-EX?
Yes. “XY11-2” is our shorthand for XY11b, the Japanese half-set (our catalog renders the name as Fever-Burst Fighter; card databases translate it as Heat Burst Fighter), which was released as one half of a split set alongside XY11a. Its English-set counterpart is Steam Siege. Our PSA10 copy carries a 1st Edition mark and card number 057 of 054 at Secret Rare, so the numbers on the card itself match the listing regardless of which set name you’re used to seeing.
When did Steelix’s first Pokemon TCG card come out?
Steelix’s first Pokemon TCG card came in Japan’s 1999 Gold & Silver debut set. Its English-language printing is Neo Genesis (#15, Holo Rare). The exact Japanese card number hasn’t been confirmed here.
Where can I buy Japanese Steelix Pokemon cards?
We ship Japanese sealed product and singles worldwide from Tokyo. Our current PSA10 Steelix stock is the Dream League CHR (¥8,549) and the Fever-Burst Fighter Mega Steelix EX SR (¥61,800); check our PSA10 card list or Quick Order page for other current availability.
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