Temporal Forces
Prime Catcher
TEF157· ACE SPEC Rare
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
- Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 50 of the 52 lists we have read, seen across 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alakazam / Dusknoir | 50 of 52 | 20 | TEF 157 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 29 of 31 | 28 | TEF 157 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 20 of 38 | 17 | TEF 157 |
| Alakazam | 18 of 25 | 10 | TEF 157 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 18 of 22 | 17 | TEF 157 |
| yanmega-ex | 14 of 25 | 13 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 11 of 34 | 11 | TEF 157 |
| Palafin ex | 10 of 34 | 10 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 10 of 45 | 10 | TEF 157 |
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 6 of 45 | 6 | TEF 157 |
| Raging Bolt ex | 5 of 37 | 5 | TEF 157 |
| Toxtricity | 4 of 33 | 4 | TEF 157 |
| Joltik | 3 of 24 | 3 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | TEF 157 |
| mega-lopunny-ex | 3 of 15 | 3 | TEF 157 |
| Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex | 3 of 10 | 3 | TEF 157 |
| Toucannon | 3 of 24 | 3 | TEF 157 |
| Azumarill | 2 of 32 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Ethan's Magcargo | 2 of 23 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 2 of 30 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 2 of 34 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir | 2 of 41 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 2 of 27 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 2 of 37 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Slowking | 2 of 34 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 2 of 17 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Wailord ex | 2 of 20 | 2 | TEF 157 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| bronzong-tef | 1 of 26 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Ceruledge ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Decidueye ex | 1 of 25 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 37 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex | 1 of 8 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Iono's Bellibolt ex | 1 of 25 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 25 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Camerupt ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 1 of 28 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 1 of 36 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| mega-manectric-ex-meg | 1 of 7 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| mega-sharpedo-ex | 1 of 9 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 1 of 18 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 1 of 36 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Team Rocket's Honchkrow | 1 of 39 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 1 of 28 | 1 | TEF 157 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 28 | 1 | TEF 157 |
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.