Ascended Heroes

Drakloak

ASCFR159· Common
Drakloak ASC 159

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What the card itself says

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

HP
90
Type
Dragon
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Regulation mark
H
Number
159/217
Set
Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by
cochi8i

Its Ability

Recon DirectiveOrdre de Reconnaissance

Once during your turn, you may look at the top 2 cards of your deck and put 1 of them into your hand. Put the other card on the bottom of your deck.Une fois pendant votre tour, vous pouvez regarder les 2 cartes du dessus de votre deck, puis ajouter l'une d'elles à votre main. Placez l'autre carte en dessous de votre deck.

Its attacks

Dragon HeadbuttDracoud'Boule

70

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.

  1. 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.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Recon Directive. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Dragapult ex / Dusknoir runs it in 45 of the 45 lists we have read, seen across 42 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  5. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir45 of 4542TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce42 of 4239TWM 129
Dragapult ex40 of 4040TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex35 of 3529TWM 129
Ethan's Typhlosion33 of 4131TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Froslass32 of 3231TWM 129
Mega Starmie ex19 of 3818TWM 129
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex8 of 88TWM 129
Mega Greninja ex8 of 388TWM 129
Azumarill4 of 344TWM 129
Mega Chandelure ex4 of 364TWM 129
Mega Charizard X ex3 of 403TWM 129
Blaziken ex2 of 212TWM 129
Hydreigon ex2 of 462TWM 129
Dhelmise1 of 421TWM 129
Doublade1 of 271TWM 129
Joltik1 of 311TWM 129
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex1 of 371TWM 129
Mega Camerupt ex1 of 371TWM 129
Mega Dragonite ex1 of 291TWM 129
Mega Feraligatr ex1 of 261TWM 129
Mega Froslass ex1 of 291TWM 129
Mega Lopunny ex1 of 211TWM 129
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass1 of 411TWM 129
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom1 of 301TWM 129
Toucannon1 of 251TWM 129
Wailord ex1 of 311TWM 129

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

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 8 Drakloak cards on one page, priciest first.

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