Ascended Heroes
Budew
Versions of this card
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What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
- HP
- 30
- Type
- Grass
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- H
Its attacks
Itchy Pollen
10During your opponent's next turn, they can't play any Item cards from their hand.
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
- Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 51 of the 52 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
Who plays it
These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alakazam / Dusknoir | 51 of 52 | 20 | ASC 16 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 49 of 56 | 42 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 41 of 41 | 38 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 41 of 41 | 38 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 39 of 45 | 36 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex | 35 of 36 | 35 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir | 35 of 41 | 30 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Froslass | 35 of 39 | 30 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex | 34 of 34 | 28 | ASC 16 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass | 29 of 29 | 29 | ASC 16 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 28 of 30 | 26 | ASC 16 |
| Greninja ex | 27 of 38 | 25 | ASC 16 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 24 of 30 | 24 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Froslass | 23 of 23 | 22 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 23 of 30 | 23 | ASC 16 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 22 of 38 | 22 | ASC 16 |
| Alakazam | 17 of 25 | 10 | ASC 16 |
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 16 of 19 | 16 | ASC 16 |
| Gengar ex | 15 of 17 | 15 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 15 of 28 | 15 | ASC 16 |
| hydreigon-ex | 14 of 43 | 13 | ASC 16 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 13 of 34 | 13 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 11 of 37 | 10 | ASC 16 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 10 of 27 | 9 | ASC 16 |
| Decidueye ex | 9 of 25 | 9 | ASC 16 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 9 of 28 | 9 | ASC 16 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 8 of 38 | 8 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex | 7 of 8 | 7 | ASC 16 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 7 of 25 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| yanmega-ex | 7 of 25 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Feraligatr ex | 6 of 22 | 6 | ASC 16 |
| Scovillain ex | 6 of 6 | 6 | ASC 16 |
| bronzong-tef | 5 of 26 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 5 of 54 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 5 of 34 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| Blaziken ex | 4 of 20 | 4 | ASC 16 |
| Feraligatr | 4 of 13 | 4 | ASC 16 |
| other | 4 of 38 | 4 | ASC 16 |
| Palafin ex | 4 of 34 | 4 | ASC 16 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 3 of 23 | 3 | ASC 16 |
| eelektrik-blk | 3 of 20 | 3 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Dragonite ex | 3 of 28 | 3 | ASC 16 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex | 3 of 10 | 3 | ASC 16 |
| Archaludon ex | 2 of 24 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Beedrill ex | 2 of 28 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| doublade-por | 2 of 25 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Dudunsparce | 2 of 25 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 2 of 25 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Luxray ex | 2 of 6 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 2 of 39 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 2 of 30 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Metagross | 2 of 34 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 2 of 37 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 53 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Cinccino ex | 1 of 29 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 37 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| mamoswine-ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| mega-abomasnow-ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Camerupt ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 1 of 27 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 1 of 18 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Team Rocket's Spidops | 1 of 16 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Sylveon | 1 of 19 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 1 of 17 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Toucannon | 1 of 24 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 28 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | ASC 16 |
When it came out
Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 days ahead of us.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 5 Budew cards on one page, priciest first.