Temporal Forces
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TEF198· Ultra Rare
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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.
- Regulation mark
- H
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
- Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex runs it in 42 of the 45 lists we have read, seen across 37 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 42 of 45 | 37 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir | 38 of 41 | 32 | TEF 145 |
| Raging Bolt ex | 35 of 37 | 33 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 34 of 38 | 30 | TEF 145 |
| Slowking | 34 of 34 | 32 | TEF 145 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 33 of 38 | 26 | TEF 145 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 29 of 30 | 28 | TEF 145 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 26 of 56 | 24 | TEF 145 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 13 of 25 | 10 | TEF 145 |
| Beedrill ex | 12 of 28 | 12 | TEF 145 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 12 of 34 | 11 | TEF 145 |
| yanmega-ex | 9 of 24 | 9 | TEF 145 |
| other | 8 of 37 | 8 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 5 of 35 | 5 | TEF 145 |
| Misty's Gyarados | 5 of 14 | 5 | TEF 145 |
| Palafin ex | 5 of 34 | 5 | TEF 145 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 4 of 36 | 4 | TEF 145 |
| Blaziken ex | 3 of 20 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| mamoswine-ex | 3 of 22 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 3 of 30 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 3 of 30 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 3 of 29 | 3 | TEF 145 |
| bronzong-tef | 2 of 26 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex | 2 of 8 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| hydreigon-ex | 2 of 43 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Joltik | 2 of 23 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Absol ex | 2 of 21 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 2 of 38 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 2 of 33 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 50 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Toxtricity | 2 of 31 | 2 | TEF 145 |
| Azumarill | 1 of 32 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 52 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama | 1 of 45 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| mega-latias-ex | 1 of 8 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 1 of 18 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 1 of 26 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | TEF 145 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 1 of 29 | 1 | TEF 145 |
When it came out
Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 days ahead of us.