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Mega Evolution (Shuffle)

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Mega Evolution in Pokémon Shuffle has two pre-requisites: only a Pokémon whose Mega Stone has been acquired can Mega Evolve, and only if it has been selected as the player's first Support Pokémon. If a Pokémon has two Mega Evolution forms (and both are available), the player will be able to select a specific form when entering a stage.

Mega Stones are given out throughout the game, typically awarded when players defeat the corresponding Mega Pokémon used by a Trainer, through Mission Card rewards, or as prizes on special stages.

Activating Mega Evolution

A Pokémon's Mega Evolution is activated by filling the Mega Gauge, located to the left of the puzzle area (above on Mobile). The Mega Gauge is filled by matching icons of the first Support Pokémon. It can also be filled by matching Pokémon that have a Mega Boost Skill and are the same type as the first Support Pokémon. Pokémon icons that are trapped under a Barrier will not increase the Mega Gauge.

Once the Mega Gauge is full, the player's Support Pokémon will Mega Evolve, and all of its icons will change to match. It retains its Mega form until the end of the stage.

Two items can influence Mega Evolution when used while selecting Pokémon for a stage. A Mega Start.png Mega Start item will fill the Mega Gauge to full and Mega Evolve the Support Pokémon immediately at the start of the stage. A Mega Speedup.png Mega Speedup will lower the number of icons needed to completely fill the Mega Gauge by one; multiple Mega Speedups can be used, but each Pokémon has a limit for the number of Mega Speedups it can receive.

The default and minimum size of each Pokémon's Mega Gauge is detailed below.

Effects of Mega Evolution

While Mega Evolved, a Pokémon's regular Skill is replaced by a Mega Effect that activates whenever the Pokémon is matched. Each Mega Effect can either erase or replace Pokémon icons and disruptions in the puzzle area. The kinds of tiles targeted differ depending on the effect.

If the Mega Effect erases icons, each icon erased boosts the amount of damage inflicted by the match. This damage boost is affected by type effectiveness and skills that affect combos, such as Ice Dance.

  • If the effect targets a single type of disruption (such as unbreakable-blocks), then each of those icons erased adds +100 damage.
  • If the effect targets multiple types of disruption (such as unbreakable-blocks, breakable-rocks, and Coins), then each of those icons erased adds +50 damage.
  • Otherwise, each icon erased adds (attack power of the Mega Pokémon) × 0.2 damage.

If a match of Mega Pokémon is made simultaneously to a match(es) of non-Mega Pokémon and with equal priority, the Mega match will activate last.

In time-limited stages, the clock pauses while the Mega Evolution transformation occurs. In move-based stages, if the first match of a turn triggers the Mega Evolution, any disruptions or related effects (like the sleep timer) are delayed one turn.

When a Mega Pokémon match is made, that Pokémon will not spawn from falling icons until 60 non-matched icons have fallen, or until the combo ends - whichever happens first.

Acquiring Mega Stones

Most Pokémon cannot evolve until their Mega Stone has been obtained; in Rayquaza's case, the Meteorite Shuffle.png Meteorite must be obtained.

35 Mega Stones (or Meteorite) can be obtained at any time:

The remaining 13 are restricted to special stages (Competitive Stages and escalation battles) that are available on a rotating basis.

  • Of the 12 Competitive Stages running in the rotating schedule, 10 of them have exclusive Mega Stones (since Charizardite X and Gardevoirite are also available through Trainer rank rewards)
  • The 3 escalation battle stones are exclusive to that format.

Since the shutdown of the Nintendo 3DS version's servers on March 31, 2023, Competitive Stages can no longer be played on the 3DS version, meaning the 10 Mega Stones that were exclusive to this format can no longer be obtained. This affects: Alakazite, Banettite, Beedrillite, Cameruptite, Garchompite, Gyaradosite, Houndoominite, Manectite, Pinsirite, and Steelixite.

Mega Stone Location(s)
Permanent Rotating Former
Venusaurite Shuffle.png Venusaurite Mission Card 15 - Competitive Stage
Charizardite X Shuffle.png Charizardite X Trainer rank 26 Competitive Stage (week 23) Competitive Stage
Charizardite Y Shuffle.png Charizardite Y Mission Card 8,
Trainer rank 7		 - Competitive Stage
Blastoisinite Shuffle.png Blastoisinite Mission Card 12 - Competitive Stage
Pidgeotite Shuffle.png Pidgeotite Trainer rank 12 - Competitive Stage
Audinite Shuffle.png Audinite Stage 10 (Puerto Blanco) - -
Absolite Shuffle.png Absolite Mission Card 10 - Competitive Stage
Ampharosite Shuffle.png Ampharosite Stage 105 (Silbern Museum) - -
Altarianite Shuffle.png Altarianite Stage 75 (Galerie Rouge) - -
Heracronite Shuffle.png Heracronite Stage 210 (Pedra Valley) - -
Lopunnite Shuffle.png Lopunnite Stage 60 (Rainbow Park) - -
Kangaskhanite Shuffle.png Kangaskhanite Stage 20 (Sandy Bazaar) - -
Sablenite Shuffle.png Sablenite Stage 30 (Night Festival) - -
Lucarionite Shuffle.png Lucarionite Mission Card 2,
Trainer rank 4		 - Competitive Stage
Slowbronite Shuffle.png Slowbronite Stage 45 (Isla Asul) - -
Sceptilite Shuffle.png Sceptilite Mission Card 19 - Competitive Stage
Blazikenite Shuffle.png Blazikenite Mission Card 17 - Competitive Stage
Swampertite Shuffle.png Swampertite Mission Card 18 - Competitive Stage
Mawilite Shuffle.png Mawilite Stage 90 (Sweet Strasse) - -
Gengarite Shuffle.png Gengarite Stage 135 (Castle Noapte) - -
Glalitite Shuffle.png Glalitite Stage 120 (Mt. Vinter) - -
Scizorite Shuffle.png Scizorite Stage 400 (Violeta Palace) - -
Aerodactylite Shuffle.png Aerodactylite Stage 180 (Wacky Workshop) - -
Mewtwonite X Shuffle.png Mewtwonite X Stage 350 (Desert Umbra) - Competitive Stage
Mewtwonite Y Shuffle.png Mewtwonite Y Stage 150 (Jungle Verde) - -
Meteorite Shuffle.png Meteorite Stage 300 (Roseus Center) - Competitive Stage
Steelixite Shuffle.png Steelixite - Competitive Stage (week 5) Competitive Stage
Salamencite Shuffle.png Salamencite Stage 530 (Nacht Carnival) - Competitive Stage
Tyranitarite Shuffle.png Tyranitarite Stage 420 (Blau Salon) - Competitive Stage
Banettite Shuffle.png Banettite - Competitive Stage (week 1) Competitive Stage
Sharpedonite Shuffle.png Sharpedonite Stage 600 (Prasino Woods) - Competitive Stage
Pinsirite Shuffle.png Pinsirite - Competitive Stage (week 13) -
Manectite Shuffle.png Manectite - Competitive Stage (week 7) Competitive Stage
Garchompite Shuffle.png Garchompite - Competitive Stage (week 3) Competitive Stage
Gardevoirite Shuffle.png Gardevoirite Trainer rank 20 Competitive Stage (week 21) Competitive Stage
Galladite Shuffle.png Galladite Stage 580 (Prasino Woods) - -
Diancite Shuffle.png Diancite - escalation battle (week 10-11) escalation battle
Medichamite Shuffle.png Medichamite Stage 240 (Albens Town) - -
Latiasite Shuffle.png Latiasite - escalation battle (week 8-9) escalation battle
Latiosite Shuffle.png Latiosite - escalation battle (week 4-5) escalation battle
Cameruptite Shuffle.png Cameruptite - Competitive Stage (week 15) Competitive Stage
Abomasite Shuffle.png Abomasite Stage 620 (Zaffiro Coast) - Competitive Stage
Aggronite Shuffle.png Aggronite Stage 550 (Nacht Carnival) - -
Beedrillite Shuffle.png Beedrillite - Competitive Stage (week 17) Competitive Stage
Gyaradosite Shuffle.png Gyaradosite - Competitive Stage (week 9) Competitive Stage
Alakazite Shuffle.png Alakazite - Competitive Stage (week 11) Competitive Stage
Houndoominite Shuffle.png Houndoominite - Competitive Stage (week 19) Competitive Stage
Metagrossite Shuffle.png Metagrossite Stage 500 (Graucus Hall) - -

List of Mega-Evolved Pokémon

The table below details each Mega-Evolved Pokémon. The description and notes cover its Mega Effect. Gauge is the default size of its Mega Gauge, and Max Mega Speedups is the number of Mega Speedups that can be used on it.

List # Pokémon Type Description/Notes Gauge Max Mega Speedups
003 Venusaur Mega Venusaur Grass Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 12 3
006 Charizard Mega Charizard X Dragon Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 16 13
Charizard Shiny Mega Charizard X Dragon Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)
 20 15
Charizard Mega Charizard Y Fire Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 13 3
Charizard Shiny Mega Charizard Y Flying Erases a jagged line of Pokémon vertically.
  • Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 11 5
009 Blastoise Mega Blastoise Water Erases all Pokémon within two spaces of the match.
  • If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.
 12 4
012 Pidgeot Mega Pidgeot Flying Erases Pokémon in a horizontal V-shaped pattern.
  • Erases Pokémon in a > shape (maximum 12 icons erased).
 18 12
032 Audino Mega Audino Normal Erases all Pokémon within one space of the match.
  • If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.
 12 3
Audino Winking Mega Audino Normal Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Audino (max 10).
  • Won't clear other Mega Audino.
 22 15
033 Absol Mega Absol Dark Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 18 8
038 Ampharos Mega Ampharos Electric A random lightning strike erases a jagged line of Pokémon.
  • Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines may cross.
 18 9
044 Altaria Mega Altaria Dragon Erases all Pokémon within two spaces of the match.
  • If more icons of this Pokémon are adjacent to the match, then for each additional icon, one more Pokémon is erased in that direction.
 16 10
047 Heracross Mega Heracross Bug Adds one more Mega Heracross to the left of the match.
  • Actually converts the tiles directly to the left of all other Mega Heracross into a Mega Heracross. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile to the left and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the left tile is empty.
 16 8
055 Lopunny Mega Lopunny Normal Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 11 8
057 Kangaskhan Mega Kangaskhan Normal Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 11 8
074 Sableye Mega Sableye Dark Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 16 10
Sableye Spooky Mega Sableye Ghost Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Sableye.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Ghost type into Mega Sableye
14 7
078 Lucario Mega Lucario Fighting Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 14 4
082 Slowbro Mega Slowbro Psychic Adds one more Mega Slowbro above the match.
  • Actually converts the tiles directly above all other Mega Slowbro into a Mega Slowbro. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile above and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the above tile is empty.
 16 6
091 Sceptile Mega Sceptile Grass Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Sceptile.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Grass type into Mega Sceptile.
 12 6
094 Blaziken Mega Blaziken Fire Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Blaziken.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Fire type into Mega Blaziken.
 12 6
097 Swampert Mega Swampert Water Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Swampert.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Water type into Mega Swampert.
 12 6
111 Mawile Mega Mawile Steel Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
  • Formerly, the description was "Erases diagonal Pokémon from upper-right to lower-left corner." prior to Version 1.2.0 (3DS)/unknown (Mobile).
 18 8
114 Gengar Mega Gengar Ghost Erases all Mega Gengar in the puzzle area. 11 1
Gengar Spooky Mega Gengar Poison Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Gengar.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Poison type into Mega Gengar
14 7
Gengar Shiny Mega Gengar Ghost Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once.
  • This pattern is the same as the inner circle enclosed by Mega Sableye's O-shape pattern. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 11 3
125 Glalie Mega Glalie Ice Erases all Pokémon in a V-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 16 6
Glalie Winking Mega Glalie Ice Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Does +100 damage per block erased.
 29 20
139 Scizor Mega Scizor Bug Erases a jagged line of Pokémon horizontally.
  • Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 18 12
148 Aerodactyl Mega Aerodactyl Rock Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.
 23 14
158 Mewtwo Mega Mewtwo X Fighting Replaces Pokémon (max 3) of the same type as Mega Mewtwo X.
  • Converts three tiles containing a single Fighting type into Mega Mewtwo X
15 9
Mewtwo Shiny Mega Mewtwo X Fighting Erases all Mega Mewtwo X in the puzzle area. 12 3
Mewtwo Mega Mewtwo Y Psychic Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Mewtwo Y (max 10).
  • Won't clear other Mega Mewtwo Y.
 23 14
Mewtwo Shiny Mega Mewtwo Y Psychic Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 17 10
162 Rayquaza Mega Rayquaza Dragon Erases one kind of Pokémon of a different type from Mega Rayquaza (max 10). 33 20
Rayquaza Shiny Mega Rayquaza Flying Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)
 24 15
181 Steelix Mega Steelix Steel Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Does +100 damage per block erased.
 21 11
195 Salamence Mega Salamence Flying Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Salamence (max 10).
  • Won't clear other Mega Salamence
 22 10
210 Tyranitar Mega Tyranitar Rock Erases Pokémon and disruptions around three spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 3. (maximum 15 icons erased)
  • (The disruption countdown formerly did not decrease if this effect was triggered by the first match of the combo, but this was corrected in Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).)
 30 15
Tyranitar Shiny Mega Tyranitar Dark Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.
 12 4
212 Banette Mega Banette Ghost Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Banette (max 10).
  • Won't remove other Mega Banette.
 27 15
228 Sharpedo Mega Sharpedo Dark Adds one more Mega Sharpedo above the match.
  • Actually converts the tiles directly above all other Mega Sharpedo into a Mega Sharpedo. This effect can replace any disruption in the tile above and counts as erasing the content of the tile for damage, but does not affect black-cloud disruptions. Does nothing if the above tile is empty.
 22 13
233 Pinsir Mega Pinsir Bug Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)
 26 20
252 Manectric Mega Manectric Electric A vertical lightning strike erases a jagged line of Pokémon.
  • Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 20 14
281 Garchomp Mega Garchomp Ground Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper left to lower right. 24 14
298 Gardevoir Mega Gardevoir Fairy Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 15 9
Gardevoir Shiny Mega Gardevoir Fairy Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 10 4
299 Gallade Mega Gallade Fighting Erases a jagged line of Pokémon vertically.
  • Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 16 10
307 Diancie Mega Diancie Fairy Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.
  • Formerly, the description was "Erases Pokémon that are covered by a barrier (max 10)." and did not deal extra damage until Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).
 19 10
Diancie Shiny Mega Diancie Fairy Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10), and damages the foe.
  • Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.
 14 5
314 Medicham Mega Medicham Fighting Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once.
  • This pattern is the same as the inner circle enclosed by Mega Sableye's O-shape pattern. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 21 12
315 Latias Mega Latias Dragon Erases Pokémon on a random jagged line horizontally.
  • Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines may cross.
 22 13
316 Latios Mega Latios Dragon Erases a jagged line of Pokémon horizontally.
  • Actually erases two jagged lines of Pokémon horizontally. These lines cannot cross. (maximum 12 icons erased)
 19 13
375 Camerupt Mega Camerupt Ground Erases Pokémon and disruptions around two spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 2. (maximum 10 icons erased)
 18 7
382 Abomasnow Mega Abomasnow Ice Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.
  • (maximum 30 icons erased)
 13 7
393 Aggron Mega Aggron Steel Erases Pokémon and disruptions around three spots you tap.
  • Erases five tiles in a + shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can erase fewer than 3. (maximum 15 icons erased)
 18 5
425 Beedrill Mega Beedrill Poison Erases Pokémon and disruptions around a spot you tap.
  • Erases nine tiles in a 3×3 square shape surrounding each spot. Does not activate if the foe is defeated. Only gives 3 seconds to tap. Can choose not to erase any. (maximum 9 icons erased)
  • (The disruption countdown formerly did not decrease if this effect was triggered by the first match of the combo, but this was corrected in Version 1.3.28 (3DS)/1.9.1 (Mobile).)
 15 12
478 Gyarados Mega Gyarados Water Erases Pokémon on a random jagged line vertically.
  • Actually erases two random jagged lines of Pokémon vertically. These lines may cross.
 18 12
Gyarados Shiny Mega Gyarados Water Erases all Mega Gyarados in the puzzle area. 19 10
486 Alakazam Mega Alakazam Psychic Erases unbreakable-block and rock disruptions (max 10), and damages the foe.
  • Also erases coins. Does +50 damage per thing erased.
 18 9
490 Houndoom Mega Houndoom Fire Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe.
  • Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.
 16 7
641 Metagross Mega Metagross Steel Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern.
  • (maximum 12 icons erased)
 17 8
Metagross Shiny Mega Metagross Steel Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Metagross (max 10).
  • Won't remove other Mega Metagross.
 24 18


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