Temporal Forces
Heavy Baton
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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.
- 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
- Wailord ex runs it in 26 of the 28 lists we have read, seen across 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wailord ex | 26 of 28 | 22 | TEF 151 |
| Wailord ex | 18 of 20 | 16 | TEF 151 |
| mega-abomasnow-ex | 4 of 30 | 4 | TEF 151 |
| blissey-ex | 3 of 18 | 3 | TEF 151 |
| mamoswine-ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | TEF 151 |
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.