Ascended Heroes
Counter Gain ASC 259/217
On , the Counter Gain ASC 259/217 card was listed from €0.20 in Near Mint. Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices exclude shipping and import charges.
Counter Gain has appeared in several sets: Lost Thunder (LOT 170), Surging Sparks (SSP 169) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 186). 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
Near Mint is a card that is almost new. You have to look really closely to find a flaw.
Standard (not reverse) · Near Mint
Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices exclude shipping and import charges.
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The cheapest listing in Near Mint: €0.20
· 32 listings
Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices exclude shipping and import charges. We counted 32 listings in this condition on .
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Its price, up close
Day after day
The cheapest Near Mint copy
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Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices exclude shipping and import charges.
Since 8 October, the cheapest Near Mint copy cost €0.20 every day we found one.
The middle price is the one on the listing that lands right in the middle when you line up every listing in this condition from cheapest to dearest.
| Day | Price |
|---|---|
| 8 October | €0.20 |
| 9 October | €0.20 |
On 9 October, in detail
37 and more copies for sale
Card language: French. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices exclude shipping and import charges. On 9 October, we observed at least 37 copies in this selection.
We read the fifty cheapest listings, and that day the list went on past them.
One listing can offer several copies, so we count the cards one by one.
Here’s how they split by condition.
- Mint 1 copy across 1 listing
- Near Mint 35 copies across 32 listings
- Excellent 1 copy across 1 listing
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.
What the card itself says
Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.
- Regulation mark
- H
- Number
- 259/217
- Set
- Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
- Illustrated by
- Toyste Beach
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.
Standard format: source checked on October 10, 2026. TCGdex
Every version of this card
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- Counter Gain LOT 170/214Lost ThunderUncommon
- Counter Gain LOT 230/214Lost ThunderSecret Rare
- Counter Gain SSP 169/191Surging SparksUncommon
- Counter Gain SSP 249/191Surging SparksHyper rare
- Counter Gain ASC 186/217Ascended HeroesCommon
- Counter Gain ASC 259/217Ascended HeroesUltra RareThe one you are looking at
Who plays it
Every printing of Counter Gain 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.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydreigon ex | 23 of 74 | 22 | SSP 169 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 21 of 57 | 19 | SSP 169 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 18 of 48 | 18 | SSP 169 |
| Paldean Tauros | 8 of 30 | 8 | SSP 169 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 7 of 32 | 5 | SSP 169 |
| Doublade | 5 of 53 | 5 | SSP 169 |
| Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex | 5 of 85 | 5 | SSP 169 |
| Mega Absol ex | 4 of 65 | 3 | SSP 169 |
| Crustle | 3 of 101 | 3 | SSP 169 |
| Eelektrik | 3 of 43 | 3 | SSP 169 |
| Luxray ex | 2 of 6 | 2 | SSP 169 |
| Slowking | 2 of 70 | 2 | SSP 169 |
| Alakazam | 1 of 45 | 1 | SSP 169 |
| Azumarill | 1 of 41 | 1 | SSP 169 |
| Blissey ex | 1 of 27 | 1 | SSP 169 |
| Erika's Victreebel | 1 of 26 | 1 | SSP 169 |
| Mega Feraligatr ex | 1 of 30 | 1 | SSP 169 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 1 of 85 | 1 | SSP 169 |
