Ascended Heroes

Counter Gain

ASCEN259· Ultra Rare
Counter Gain ASC 259

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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

  • hydreigon-ex runs it in 13 of the 43 lists we have read, seen across 12 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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
hydreigon-ex13 of 4312SSP 169
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone11 of 2911SSP 169
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir7 of 255SSP 169
Paldean Tauros5 of 155SSP 169
Froslass / Munkidori4 of 304SSP 169
Luxray ex2 of 62SSP 169
Azumarill1 of 321SSP 169
blissey-ex1 of 181SSP 169
Erika's Victreebel1 of 231SSP 169
Mega Absol ex1 of 211SSP 169
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 221SSP 169
other1 of 371SSP 169
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 401SSP 169
Slowking1 of 341SSP 169

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.

Every set, with both of its dates