Mega Evolution (Shuffle)

Shiny Charizard is set in the first party slot with its Mega Stone, allowing it to Mega Evolve.

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.

• In the case of Pokémon that change type upon Mega Evolving (namely Mega Charizard X, Mega Mewtwo X, and their Shiny variants), Mega Boost skills use the Pokémon's original type.

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 item will fill the Mega Gauge to full and Mega Evolve the Support Pokémon immediately at the start of the stage. A 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, status conditions such as Burn, and skills that affect combo damage such as Ice Dance.

• If the effect targets only unbreakable-blocks (not breakable-rocks or coins) or only barrier-covered icons, then each of those icons erased adds +100 damage.
• If the effect targets 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. This is additionally affected by the Attack Power ↑ item.

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 must be obtained.

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

• 24 from Main stage areas
• 8 from Mission Cards
• 3 from Trainer rank rewards (not counting Charizardite Y and Lucarionite twice)

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	Mission Card #15	-	Competitive Stage
Charizardite X	Trainer rank 26	Competitive Stage (week 23)	Competitive Stage
Charizardite Y	Mission Card #8, Trainer rank 7	-	Competitive Stage
Blastoisinite	Mission Card #12	-	Competitive Stage
Pidgeotite	Trainer rank 12	-	Competitive Stage
Audinite	Stage 10 (Puerto Blanco)	-	-
Absolite	Mission Card #10	-	Competitive Stage
Ampharosite	Stage 105 (Silbern Museum)	-	-
Altarianite	Stage 75 (Galerie Rouge)	-	-
Heracronite	Stage 210 (Pedra Valley)	-	-
Lopunnite	Stage 60 (Rainbow Park)	-	-
Kangaskhanite	Stage 20 (Sandy Bazaar)	-	-
Sablenite	Stage 30 (Night Festival)	-	-
Lucarionite	Mission Card #2, Trainer rank 4	-	Competitive Stage
Slowbronite	Stage 45 (Isla Asul)	-	-
Sceptilite	Mission Card #19	-	Competitive Stage
Blazikenite	Mission Card #17	-	Competitive Stage
Swampertite	Mission Card #18	-	Competitive Stage
Mawilite	Stage 90 (Sweet Strasse)	-	-
Gengarite	Stage 135 (Castle Noapte)	-	-
Glalitite	Stage 120 (Mt. Vinter)	-	-
Scizorite	Stage 400 (Violeta Palace)	-	-
Aerodactylite	Stage 180 (Wacky Workshop)	-	-
Mewtwonite X	Stage 350 (Desert Umbra)	-	Competitive Stage
Mewtwonite Y	Stage 150 (Jungle Verde)	-	-
Meteorite	Stage 300 (Roseus Center)	-	Competitive Stage
Steelixite	-	Competitive Stage (week 5)	Competitive Stage
Salamencite	Stage 530 (Nacht Carnival)	-	Competitive Stage
Tyranitarite	Stage 420 (Blau Salon)	-	Competitive Stage
Banettite	-	Competitive Stage (week 1)	Competitive Stage
Sharpedonite	Stage 600 (Prasino Woods)	-	Competitive Stage
Pinsirite	-	Competitive Stage (week 13)	-
Manectite	-	Competitive Stage (week 7)	Competitive Stage
Garchompite	-	Competitive Stage (week 3)	Competitive Stage
Gardevoirite	Trainer rank 20	Competitive Stage (week 21)	Competitive Stage
Galladite	Stage 580 (Prasino Woods)	-	-
Diancite	-	Escalation battle (week 10-11)	Escalation battle
Medichamite	Stage 240 (Albens Town)	-	-
Latiasite	-	Escalation battle (week 8-9)	Escalation battle
Latiosite	-	Escalation battle (week 4-5)	Escalation battle
Cameruptite	-	Competitive Stage (week 15)	Competitive Stage
Abomasite	Stage 620 (Zaffiro Coast)	-	Competitive Stage
Aggronite	Stage 550 (Nacht Carnival)	-	-
Beedrillite	-	Competitive Stage (week 17)	Competitive Stage
Gyaradosite	-	Competitive Stage (week 9)	Competitive Stage
Alakazite	-	Competitive Stage (week 11)	Competitive Stage
Houndoominite	-	Competitive Stage (week 19)	Competitive Stage
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 size of its Mega Gauge, with "Default" indicating the initial size and "Maxed" indicating the size after the maximum amount of Mega Speedups have been used.
• "Max MSU" is the number of Mega Speedups that can be used on it.

List #	Pokémon		Type	Description/Notes	Gauge		Max MSU
					Default	Maxed
003		Mega Venusaur	Grass	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.	12	9	3
006		Mega Charizard X	Dragon	Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern. Charizard begins as a  Fire -type before Mega Evolving.	16	3	13
		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) Shiny Charizard begins as a  Flying -type before Mega Evolving.	20	5	15
		Mega Charizard Y	Fire	Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern.	13	10	3
		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	6	5
009		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	8	4
012		Mega Pidgeot	Flying	Erases Pokémon in a horizontal V-shaped pattern. Erases Pokémon in a > shape (maximum 12 icons erased).	18	6	12
032		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	9	3
		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	7	15
033		Mega Absol	Dark	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left.	18	10	8
038		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	9
044		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	6	10
047		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	8
055		Mega Lopunny	Normal	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.	11	3	8
057		Mega Kangaskhan	Normal	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right.	11	3	8
074		Mega Sableye	Dark	Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern.	16	6	10
		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	7
078		Mega Lucario	Fighting	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.	14	10	4
082		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	10	6
091		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	6
094		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	6
097		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	6
111		Mega Mawile	Steel	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper right to lower left. Formerly, the description was "Erases diagonal Pokémon from upper-right to lower-left corner." prior to Version 1.2.0 (3DS)/unknown (Mobile).	18	10	8
114		Mega Gengar	Ghost	Erases all Mega Gengar in the puzzle area.	11	10	1
		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	7
		Shiny Mega Gengar	Ghost	Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once.	11	8	3
125		Mega Glalie	Ice	Erases all Pokémon in a V-shaped pattern.	16	10	6
		Winking Mega Glalie	Ice	Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe. Does +100 damage per block erased.	29	9	20
139		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	6	12
148		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	9	14
158		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. Mewtwo begins as a  Psychic -type before Mega Evolving.	15	6	9
		Shiny Mega Mewtwo X	Fighting	Erases all Mega Mewtwo X in the puzzle area. Shiny Mewtwo begins as a  Psychic -type before Mega Evolving.	12	9	3
		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	9	14
		Shiny Mega Mewtwo Y	Psychic	Erases all Pokémon in a Y-shaped pattern.	17	7	10
162		Mega Rayquaza	Dragon	Erases one kind of Pokémon of a different type from Mega Rayquaza (max 10).	33	13	20
		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	9	15
181		Mega Steelix	Steel	Erases unbreakable-block disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe. Does +100 damage per block erased.	21	10	11
195		Mega Salamence	Flying	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Salamence (max 10). Won't clear other Mega Salamence	22	12	10
210		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	15
		Shiny Mega Tyranitar	Dark	Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe. Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.	12	8	4
212		Mega Banette	Ghost	Erases one kind of Pokémon with the same type as Mega Banette (max 10). Won't remove other Mega Banette.	27	12	15
228		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	9	13
233		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	6	20
252		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	6	14
281		Mega Garchomp	Ground	Erases Pokémon with three lines from upper left to lower right.	24	10	14
298		Mega Gardevoir	Fairy	Erases all Pokémon in the five columns to the left and right. (maximum 30 icons erased)	15	6	9
		Shiny Mega Gardevoir	Fairy	Erases all Pokémon in an O-shaped pattern.	10	6	4
299		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	6	10
307		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	9	10
		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	9	5
314		Mega Medicham	Fighting	Erases a group of Pokémon in the middle at once.	21	9	12
315		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	9	13
316		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	6	13
375		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	11	7
382		Mega Abomasnow	Ice	Erases all Pokémon five rows above and five rows below.	13	6	7
393		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	13	5
425		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	3	12
478		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	6	12
		Shiny Mega Gyarados	Water	Erases all Mega Gyarados in the puzzle area.	19	9	10
486		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	9
490		Mega Houndoom	Fire	Removes barrier-covered Pokémon / disruptions (max 10) and damages the foe. Does +100 damage per barrier-covered icon erased.	16	9	7
641		Mega Metagross	Steel	Erases all Pokémon in an X-shaped pattern.	17	9	8
		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	6	18

Erasure patterns

Certain Mega Evolved Pokémon will erase icons in specific patterns:

• With the exception of tappers, all patterns erase at most 12 icons.

Version history

Over time, updates have changed the traits of some Pokémon, including: decreasing their default gauge size, and/or increasing the amount of Mega Speedups they can use. Some updates have also fixed bugs or changed descriptions.

This article is part of Project Sidegames, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames.