How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 248/217 there. Its illustration is signed Jerky.

Which set does it come from?

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

It leaves listings faster than most of the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 83 out of 100. At least 28 copies have sold since 3 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Ascended Heroes

Drakloak ASC 248/217

Name: Drakloak ASC 248
Brand: Pokémon

ASCFRIllustration rare

You receive

€2.20

It’s going fast right now: at least 28 copies have left since 3 September. See the pokoSCORE

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

How much is your Drakloak worth?

A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.20 today.

Today · You get

€2.20

€0.05 more than on 23 September

€2.20

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
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24 September	€2.15
25 September	€2.15
26 September	€2.15
27 September	€2.20
28 September	€2.20

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

83out of 100

Fast departures

It leaves listings faster than most of the cards we buy in French.

Copies gone since 3 September: at least 28
For sale on 26 September: 125
For sale on 3 September: 54 or more

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 Drakloak ASC 248/217?: A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €2.20 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 248/217 there. Its illustration is signed Jerky.
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 faster than most of the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 83 out of 100. At least 28 copies have sold since 3 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: Dragon
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 1
Regulation mark: H
Number: 248/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Jerky

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

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, Recon Directive. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce runs it in 72 of the 72 lists we have read, seen across 60 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 28, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Drakloak 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
Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce	72 of 72	60	TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir	69 of 69	62	TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex	67 of 67	59	TWM 129
Dragapult ex	64 of 64	60	TWM 129
Ethan's Typhlosion	50 of 67	46	TWM 129
Dragapult ex / Froslass	40 of 40	39	TWM 129
Mega Starmie ex	34 of 70	33	TWM 129
Mega Greninja ex	17 of 66	17	TWM 129
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex	8 of 8	8	TWM 129
Azumarill	4 of 39	4	TWM 129
Mega Chandelure ex	4 of 63	4	TWM 129
Mega Charizard X ex	3 of 54	3	TWM 129
Blaziken ex	2 of 21	2	TWM 129
Hydreigon ex	2 of 65	2	TWM 129
Beedrill ex	1 of 54	1	TWM 129
Dhelmise	1 of 70	1	TWM 129
Doublade	1 of 44	1	TWM 129
Hop's Zacian ex	1 of 48	1	TWM 129
Joltik	1 of 36	1	TWM 129
Lillie's Clefairy ex	1 of 53	1	TWM 129
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	1 of 54	1	TWM 129
Mega Camerupt ex	1 of 52	1	TWM 129
Mega Dragonite ex	1 of 33	1	TWM 129
Mega Feraligatr ex	1 of 28	1	TWM 129
Mega Froslass ex	1 of 43	1	TWM 129
Mega Lopunny ex	1 of 24	1	TWM 129
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass	1 of 69	1	TWM 129
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom	1 of 39	1	TWM 129
Toucannon	1 of 52	1	TWM 129
Wailord ex	1 of 33	1	TWM 129

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.

See every Drakloak card and its price