Ascended Heroes
Team Rocket's Proton
ASC208· Uncommon
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
- I
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
- Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 41 of the 41 lists we have read, seen across 39 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex | 41 of 41 | 39 | DRI 177 |
| Team Rocket's Honchkrow | 39 of 39 | 35 | DRI 177 |
| rocket-nidoking-ex | 15 of 22 | 15 | DRI 177 |
| Team Rocket's Spidops | 15 of 16 | 15 | DRI 177 |
| hydreigon-ex | 2 of 43 | 2 | DRI 177 |
| other | 2 of 38 | 2 | DRI 177 |
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.