Mega Heatran ex Promo: Japan's Promo Card Pack Vol. 6 From Nov 1

You saw a Mega Heatran ex promo in a Japanese decklist or a pack photo and want to know how to get one from outside Japan. Promo Card Pack Vol. 6 (プロモカードパック第6弾) is handed out at Pokémon Card Gyms across Japan from Sunday, November 1, 2026: seven cards, one random card per pack, and no retail sale at all. The Pokémon Company posted the announcement on October 16, 2026. For overseas collectors that means one route: the Japanese singles market, once real copies exist.

How do you get the Mega Heatran ex promo in Japan?

You play for it. Promo Card Pack Vol. 6 is a prize at Pokémon Card Gym events, so the only way to get one first-hand is to enter a Gym Battle or a Deck-As-Is Battle at a participating shop in Japan from November 1.

The Gym Battle line needs precise wording, because it differs from Vol. 5. The notice says that during the period the participation prize is 1 pack, and that in its place a 30th Promo Card Pack is given as a participation prize, 1 pack. The 30th anniversary site explains the swap: from September 16, 2026 to January 31, 2027, one of the two single-card Promo Card Packs normally given for Gym Battle participation is replaced by a 30th Promo Card Pack. So one Gym Battle entry in November nets one Vol. 6 pack and one 30th pack. We covered that second pack in 30th Promo Card Pack: 7 cards, handed out until Jan 31, 2027.

Two caveats from the notice apply to everything above: prize quantities are limited and end when they run out, and prizes may change without notice. “Deck-As-Is Battle” is our literal rendering of デッキそのままバトル, not an official English event name.

Official product image © The Pokémon Company (from the linked official page).

The pack art itself settles the retail question. It reads 非売品 (not for sale), ランダム1枚入り (1 random card) and 全7種 (7 types).

What are the 7 cards in Promo Card Pack Vol. 6?

Mega Heatran ex is the headliner, ハルジオ is the new Supporter, Golett and Gastly are new illustrations, and three cards are reprints. Card numbers come from the official card database.

ハルジオ and ムク have no English names we could verify. “Harujio” and “Muku” are straight romanizations of the Japanese, not official localizations, so search for them in Japanese.

Mega Heatran ex: built to tank and swing twice

Its Ability, こうみつどアーマー (literally “high-density armor”), reduces damage from your opponent’s attacks by 60 while Mega Heatran ex has full HP, meaning no damage counters on it. Its attack, ギガンティックプレス (Gigantic Press), does 140, and the next turn’s Gigantic Press gets +140. The official notice spells out the payoff: use it on consecutive turns and the second hit deals 280. Pair that with 300 HP and the card is designed to survive one exchange and come back harder. Standard Mega Evolution ex rules apply: if it is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

The Supporters and the art variants

ハルジオ has you flip a coin and heal your Active Pokémon 150 on heads or 30 on tails. The notice pitches it as a partner for Pokémon that absorb hits, which is exactly what Mega Heatran ex does. ムク discards up to two Pokémon without a Rule Box from your hand and draws three cards per Pokémon discarded.

Golett and Gastly are the collector angle. The notice says a different Golett illustration appears in the Storm Emeralda expansion and a different Gastly illustration appears in the ムニキスゼロ (“Munikis Zero,” our romanization) expansion. If you chase illustration pairs, these are the two to watch. Our Storm Emeralda card list covers that set.

Why this matters if you collect from outside Japan

There is no product to preorder and no shop that sells this pack. Every copy of Mega Heatran ex 169/M-P starts life as a prize handed to a player at a Japanese card shop, and the overseas supply is whatever those players decide to sell.

That shapes three things. First, nothing exists before November 1, so any listing dated earlier is for a card the seller has not received. Second, supply grows every week, because Gym Battles run regularly at shops across Japan and the notice gives no end date beyond “while stocks last.” Third, you are competing with Japanese buyers on Mercari and Yahoo! Auctions, so Japanese-language searches matter more than English ones.

The previous volume worked the same way. Our Promo Card Pack Vol. 5 guide covers that release, including the proxy routes and the Japanese search terms that actually surface listings.

How to find it on the Japanese market

Search in Japanese. English search terms surface very little on Mercari or Yahoo! Auctions, because Japanese sellers title listings in Japanese and often add the card number.

Tournament use and the English question

The October 16 notice is about Japanese Pokémon Card Gym events and says nothing about tournaments outside Japan. If you want Mega Heatran ex for a deck rather than a binder, check your own organizer’s card-language rules before buying, since this is a Japanese-language card.

No English version has been announced. If you need the card in English, the thing to track is the English release schedule, not this pack.

When to buy

Nothing here rewards speed. Distribution opens November 1 and continues while stock lasts, Gym Battles keep running at shops across Japan, and each entry adds more Vol. 6 cards to the pool. The reprints will likely be the easiest to find because players who chase Mega Heatran ex will open plenty of them.

If Mega Heatran ex turns out to see real play in Japanese tournaments, it is the one card in this pool where demand could keep pace with supply. Everything else should get easier to find as November goes on.