How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 184/217 there. Its illustration is signed AYUMI ODASHIMA.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

Ascended Heroes

Buddy-Buddy Poffin ASC 184/217

ASCFRCommon

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 184/217 there. Its illustration is signed AYUMI ODASHIMA.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

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

What the card itself says

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

Regulation mark: H
Number: 184/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: AYUMI ODASHIMA

Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon with 70 HP or less and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 Pokémon de base ayant 70 PV ou moins et placez-les sur votre Banc. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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
Crustle runs it in 92 of the 92 lists we have read, seen across 77 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Buddy-Buddy Poffin 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
Crustle	92 of 92	77	TEF 144
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity	90 of 92	81	TEF 144
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	86 of 87	79	TEF 144
Alakazam / Dusknoir	85 of 88	47	TEF 144
Seaking	74 of 75	63	TEF 144
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce	71 of 71	59	TEF 144
Mega Starmie ex	70 of 70	61	TEF 144
N's Zoroark ex	70 of 70	63	TEF 144
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir	70 of 70	58	TEF 144
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	69 of 69	62	TEF 144
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass	69 of 69	62	TEF 144
Greninja ex	67 of 67	58	TEF 144
Cynthia's Garchomp ex	66 of 66	58	TEF 144
Ethan's Typhlosion	66 of 66	59	TEF 144
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	65 of 66	56	TEF 144
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex	64 of 64	56	TEF 144
Dragapult ex	64 of 64	60	TEF 144
Mega Greninja ex	64 of 65	60	TEF 144
Alakazam / Dudunsparce	63 of 63	56	TEF 144
Toxtricity	58 of 59	50	TEF 144
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass	57 of 57	54	TEF 144
Steven's Metagross ex	57 of 64	54	TEF 144
Festival Lead	56 of 56	49	TEF 144
Hydreigon ex	55 of 65	50	TEF 144
Beedrill ex	53 of 53	48	TEF 144
Mega Excadrill ex	53 of 56	45	TEF 144
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	52 of 56	49	TEF 144
Froslass / Munkidori	51 of 51	47	TEF 144
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	50 of 54	47	TEF 144
Toucannon	50 of 51	45	TEF 144
Mega Camerupt ex	47 of 52	44	TEF 144
Gengar ex	46 of 46	37	TEF 144
Mega Lucario ex	45 of 68	42	TEF 144
Metagross	41 of 45	40	TEF 144
Palafin ex	41 of 42	37	TEF 144
Dragapult ex / Froslass	40 of 40	39	TEF 144
Yanmega ex	39 of 41	33	TEF 144
Cinccino ex	38 of 49	35	TEF 144
Flareon ex / Noctowl	38 of 38	34	TEF 144
Iono's Bellibolt ex	38 of 39	37	TEF 144
Azumarill	37 of 38	32	TEF 144
Doublade	37 of 43	35	TEF 144
Mega Froslass ex	36 of 43	35	TEF 144
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	34 of 35	34	TEF 144
Blaziken ex / N's Zoroark ex	34 of 34	28	TEF 144
Alakazam	33 of 35	23	TEF 144
Dhelmise	32 of 70	30	TEF 144
Mega Chandelure ex	32 of 61	30	TEF 144
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce	32 of 32	31	TEF 144
Dudunsparce	30 of 30	28	TEF 144
Eelektrik	30 of 37	30	TEF 144
Mega Feraligatr ex	26 of 28	26	TEF 144
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex	23 of 27	20	TEF 144
Bronzong	22 of 27	22	TEF 144
Mega Gengar ex	22 of 28	22	TEF 144
Decidueye ex	21 of 32	21	TEF 144
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex	21 of 24	21	TEF 144
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom	21 of 39	21	TEF 144
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir	20 of 44	20	TEF 144
Hop's Zacian ex	20 of 48	20	TEF 144
Mega Lopunny ex	20 of 24	19	TEF 144
Sylveon	20 of 22	20	TEF 144
Mega Charizard X ex	18 of 53	17	TEF 144
Mega Dragonite ex	18 of 33	18	TEF 144
Terapagos ex / Noctowl	18 of 19	18	TEF 144
Blaziken ex	17 of 21	16	TEF 144
Misty's Gyarados	17 of 17	17	TEF 144
Feraligatr	16 of 16	15	TEF 144
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	16 of 76	14	TEF 144
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex	16 of 16	16	TEF 144
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	11 of 24	9	TEF 144
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir	10 of 29	8	TEF 144
Flygon ex	9 of 10	9	TEF 144
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex	8 of 8	8	TEF 144
Mamoswine ex	8 of 26	8	TEF 144
Mega Darkrai ex	8 of 54	8	TEF 144
Mega Manectric ex	7 of 8	7	TEF 144
Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	7 of 29	7	TEF 144
Archaludon ex	6 of 30	6	TEF 144
Flareon ex	6 of 8	6	TEF 144
Luxray ex	6 of 6	6	TEF 144
Scizor ex	6 of 13	6	TEF 144
Scovillain ex	6 of 6	6	TEF 144
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle	6 of 6	6	TEF 144
Blissey ex	5 of 23	5	TEF 144
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium	5 of 52	5	TEF 144
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	5 of 78	5	TEF 144
Toxtricity / Brute Bonnet	5 of 7	5	TEF 144
Wailord ex	5 of 33	5	TEF 144
Cinderace ex	4 of 6	4	TEF 144
Mega Sharpedo ex	4 of 11	4	TEF 144
Mega Venusaur ex	4 of 69	4	TEF 144
Ceruledge ex	3 of 51	3	TEF 144
Mega Dragonite ex / Eelektrik	3 of 6	3	TEF 144
Team Rocket's Spidops	3 of 27	3	TEF 144
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)	3 of 20	3	TEF 144
Joltik	2 of 36	2	TEF 144
Lillie's Clefairy ex	2 of 53	2	TEF 144
Mega Diancie ex	2 of 12	2	TEF 144
Mega Latias ex	2 of 8	2	TEF 144
Raging Bolt ex / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex	1 of 63	1	TEF 144
Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone	1 of 38	1	TEF 144