Air Balloon SSH 156/202

Name: Air Balloon SSH 156/202
Brand: Pokémon

SSHUncommon

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Air Balloon has appeared in several sets: Sword & Shield (SSH 156), Black Bolt (BLK 79), Mega Evolution (MEG 166) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 181). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

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No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

Sword & Shield landed here on 7 February 2020.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Regulation mark: I
Number: 156/202
Set: Sword & ShieldSSHSet guide
Illustrated by: Yoshinobu Saito

The Retreat Cost of the Pokémon this card is attached to is ColorlessColorless less.

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.

A strength
Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama runs it in 113 of the 113 lists we have read, seen across 96 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on November 7, 2026. TCGdex

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Air Balloon SSH 156/202Sword & ShieldUncommonThe one you are looking atUncommon
Air Balloon SSH 213/202Sword & ShieldSecret RareSecret Rare
Air Balloon BLK 79/86Black BoltUncommonUncommon
Air Balloon MEG 166/132Mega EvolutionUltra RareUltra Rare
Air Balloon ASC 181/217Ascended HeroesUncommonUncommon

Who plays it

Every printing of Air Balloon plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama	113 of 113	96	ASC 181
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	102 of 103	94	ASC 181
Seaking	97 of 97	85	ASC 181
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	90 of 90	86	ASC 181
Festival Lead	89 of 89	78	ASC 181
Mega Greninja ex	85 of 97	80	ASC 181
Okidogi / Barbaracle	85 of 85	78	ASC 181
Mega Chandelure ex	84 of 85	75	ASC 181
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	80 of 103	73	ASC 181
Toxtricity	76 of 77	67	ASC 181
Hop's Trevenant	74 of 99	69	ASC 181
Froslass / Munkidori	61 of 65	58	ASC 181
Toucannon	61 of 100	56	ASC 181
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass	60 of 94	57	ASC 181
Palafin ex	59 of 60	55	ASC 181
Mega Charizard X ex	58 of 84	55	ASC 181
Alakazam / Dudunsparce	57 of 90	50	ASC 181
Mega Lucario ex	57 of 97	55	ASC 181
Gengar ex	49 of 81	42	ASC 181
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant	49 of 103	45	ASC 181
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone	49 of 64	46	ASC 181
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	47 of 77	44	ASC 181
Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle	43 of 46	42	ASC 181
Blaziken ex / N's Zoroark ex	39 of 40	33	ASC 181
Blaziken ex	37 of 50	31	ASC 181
N's Zoroark ex	35 of 100	35	ASC 181
Eelektrik	34 of 52	34	ASC 181
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	34 of 79	33	ASC 181
Mega Dragonite ex	34 of 65	33	ASC 181
Greninja ex	33 of 105	32	ASC 181
Paldean Tauros	33 of 34	32	ASC 181
Decidueye ex	31 of 59	31	ASC 181
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex	30 of 58	27	ASC 181
Yanmega ex	30 of 73	26	ASC 181
Mega Lopunny ex	29 of 55	29	ASC 181
Flareon ex / Noctowl	28 of 59	25	ASC 181
Mega Starmie ex	28 of 104	28	ASC 181
Azumarill	27 of 46	24	ASC 181
Doublade	27 of 63	27	ASC 181
Hop's Zacian ex	26 of 69	26	ASC 181
Mega Froslass ex	26 of 69	26	ASC 181
Mega Excadrill ex	24 of 76	23	ASC 181
Mega Gengar ex	23 of 59	23	ASC 181
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex	21 of 24	21	ASC 181
Mega Feraligatr ex	21 of 39	21	ASC 181
Metagross	20 of 59	20	ASC 181
Iono's Bellibolt ex	18 of 52	18	ASC 181
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom	18 of 62	18	ASC 181
Crustle	17 of 122	17	ASC 181
Mega Venusaur ex	17 of 101	16	ASC 181
Dhelmise	16 of 106	14	ASC 181
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce	15 of 50	15	ASC 181
Steven's Metagross ex	15 of 95	15	ASC 181
Alakazam	14 of 60	14	ASC 181
Blissey ex	14 of 31	14	ASC 181
Hydreigon ex	14 of 83	14	ASC 181
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	14 of 28	14	ASC 181
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir	14 of 93	14	ASC 181
Toxtricity / Brute Bonnet	14 of 16	14	ASC 181
Feraligatr	13 of 18	12	ASC 181
Flygon ex	13 of 15	13	ASC 181
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	13 of 99	11	ASC 181
Mega Camerupt ex	12 of 68	12	ASC 181
Terapagos ex / Noctowl	12 of 29	12	ASC 181
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	11 of 54	11	ASC 181
Archaludon ex	11 of 41	11	ASC 181
Ethan's Typhlosion	11 of 110	11	ASC 181
Ceruledge ex	10 of 99	9	ASC 181
Mamoswine ex	9 of 47	9	ASC 181
Incineroar ex	8 of 8	8	ASC 181
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium	8 of 69	8	ASC 181
Salamence ex	8 of 10	8	ASC 181
Erika's Victreebel	7 of 45	7	ASC 181
Flareon ex	7 of 23	7	ASC 181
Greninja ex / Froslass	7 of 8	7	ASC 181
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity	7 of 126	7	ASC 181
Bronzong	6 of 34	6	ASC 181
Dragapult ex / Alakazam	6 of 24	6	ASC 181
Ethan's Magcargo	6 of 38	6	ASC 181
Mega Zygarde ex	6 of 71	6	ASC 181
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex	6 of 26	6	ASC 181
Wailord ex	6 of 42	6	ASC 181
Cinccino ex	5 of 75	5	ASC 181
Team Rocket's Spidops	5 of 58	5	ASC 181
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle	5 of 6	5	ASC 181
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex	4 of 97	4	ASC 181
Dragapult ex	4 of 94	4	ASC 181
Mega Dragonite ex / Eelektrik	4 of 10	4	ASC 181
Mega Darkrai ex	4 of 83	4	ASC 181
Mega Manectric ex	4 of 22	4	ASC 181
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex	4 of 98	4	ASC 181
Scizor ex	4 of 13	4	ASC 181
Beedrill ex	3 of 78	3	ASC 181
Dragapult ex / Froslass	3 of 43	3	ASC 181
Igglybuff	3 of 13	3	ASC 181
Mega Diancie ex	3 of 15	3	ASC 181
Mega Sharpedo ex	3 of 17	3	ASC 181
Relicanth	3 of 21	3	ASC 181
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)	3 of 23	3	ASC 181
Alolan Exeggutor ex	2 of 11	2	ASC 181
Cinderace ex	2 of 10	2	ASC 181
Hydrapple ex	2 of 6	2	ASC 181
Joltik	2 of 48	2	ASC 181
Lillie's Clefairy ex	2 of 72	2	ASC 181
Mega Latias ex	2 of 13	2	ASC 181
Mew ex	2 of 35	2	ASC 181
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex	2 of 112	2	ASC 181
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	2 of 94	2	ASC 181
Team Rocket's Honchkrow	2 of 95	2	ASC 181
Slaking ex	2 of 7	2	ASC 181
Tyranitar	2 of 10	2	ASC 181
Alakazam / Dusknoir	1 of 125	1	ASC 181
Cynthia's Garchomp ex	1 of 83	1	ASC 181
Dudunsparce	1 of 42	1	ASC 181
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir	1 of 39	1	ASC 181
Luxray ex	1 of 10	1	ASC 181
Misty's Gyarados	1 of 30	1	ASC 181
Slowking	1 of 82	1	ASC 181

Air Balloon SSH 156/202

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