This is likely because Niantic’s internal data treats Gigantamax as a form change in the same category as evolution. The `evolve` search filter has always caught a few edge cases — it also picks up Pokemon eligible for Mega Evolution, since Mega is technically a temporary evolution.
Worth noting for anyone doing storage cleanup: if you’re using `evolve` to find Pokemon to mass-evolve for XP, be careful — it’ll include these GMax-eligible species in your results. You could accidentally transfer a GMax Pikachu thinking it’s just evolve fodder.
A cleaner filter for XP evolve candidates: `evolve&!legendary&!mythical&!shadow&!shiny&!4*` — still catches the GMax edge case but at least protects your valuables.
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So is Meowth
This was posted once or twice before
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This is likely because Niantic’s internal data treats Gigantamax as a form change in the same category as evolution. The `evolve` search filter has always caught a few edge cases — it also picks up Pokemon eligible for Mega Evolution, since Mega is technically a temporary evolution.
Worth noting for anyone doing storage cleanup: if you’re using `evolve` to find Pokemon to mass-evolve for XP, be careful — it’ll include these GMax-eligible species in your results. You could accidentally transfer a GMax Pikachu thinking it’s just evolve fodder.
A cleaner filter for XP evolve candidates: `evolve&!legendary&!mythical&!shadow&!shiny&!4*` — still catches the GMax edge case but at least protects your valuables.