Does the condition of the card change its price?

Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €5.00. Played a little: €2.75.

How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 242/217 there. Its illustration is signed sui.

Which set does it come from?

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

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 14 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Ascended Heroes

Carbink ASC 242/217

Name: Carbink ASC 242
Brand: Pokémon

ASCJPIllustration rare

You receive

€5.00

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Carbink worth?

A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €5.00 today.

Today · You get

€5.00

The same price as on 23 September

€5.00

23 SeptemberToday

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25 September	€5.00
26 September	€5.00
27 September	€5.00
28 September	€5.00

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

14out of 100

Slow departures

It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese.

Copies gone since 8 September: at least 5
For sale on 27 September: 88
For sale on 8 September: 70

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Carbink ASC 242/217?: A copy in Japanese, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €5.00 today.
Does the condition of the card change its price?: Yes. We check it when your card arrives, and here is what we pay in each condition. Like new: €5.00. Played a little: €2.75.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 242/217 there. Its illustration is signed sui.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings slower than most of the cards we buy in Japanese. Our pokoSCORE gives it 14 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 8 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

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.

HP: 90
Type: Fighting
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 242/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: sui

Its Ability

Double Typeダブルタイプ

As long as this Pokémon is in play, it is and type.このポケモンは、場にいるかぎりとの2つのタイプになる。

Its attacks

Counter Jewelカウンタージュエル

70+

If your opponent has 2 or fewer Prize cards remaining, this attack does 100 more damage.相手のサイドの残り枚数が2枚以下なら、100ダメージ追加。

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
Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
A strength
It has an Ability, Double Type. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
None of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
Keep in mind
Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,427 tournament lists we have read, 3,431 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 28, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 11 Carbink cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Carbink card and its price