How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 257/217 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.

Which set does it come from?

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

Ascended Heroes

Canari ASC 257/217

ASCJPUltra Rare

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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 257/217 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.
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: I
Number: 257/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Naoki Saito

You can use this card only if you discard another card from your hand. Search your deck for up to 4 Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.このカードは、自分の手札を1枚トラッシュしなければ使えない。自分の山札からポケモンを4枚まで選び、相手に見せて、手札に加える。そして山札を切る。

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 Manectric ex / Eelektrik runs it in 65 of the 67 lists we have read, seen across 55 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 September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Canari 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 Manectric ex / Eelektrik	65 of 67	55	ASC 185
Iono's Bellibolt ex	39 of 39	37	ASC 185
Eelektrik	26 of 37	26	ASC 185
Raging Bolt ex / Iono's Bellibolt ex	16 of 16	16	ASC 185
Joltik	4 of 36	4	ASC 185
Mega Manectric ex	4 of 8	4	ASC 185
Luxray ex	1 of 6	1	ASC 185
Mega Gengar ex	1 of 28	1	ASC 185