How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 26/217 there. Its illustration is signed aky CG Works.

Which set does it come from?

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

Ascended Heroes

Ethan's Ho-Oh ex ASC 26/217

ASCJPDouble rare

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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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 26/217 there. Its illustration is signed aky CG Works.
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.

HP: 230
Type: Fire
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: I
Number: 26/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: aky CG Works

Its Ability

Golden Flameこんじきのほのお

Once during your turn, you may attach up to 2 Basic Energy cards from your hand to 1 of your Benched Ethan's Pokémon.自分の番に1回使える。自分の手札から「基本エネルギー」を2枚まで選び、ベンチの「ヒビキのポケモン」1匹につける。

Its attacks

Shining Feathersシャイニングフェザー

160

Heal 50 damage from each of your Pokémon.自分のポケモン全員のHPを、それぞれ「50」回復する。

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
It has an Ability, Golden Flame. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Ethan's Magcargo runs it in 25 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.
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 I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
Keep in mind
Weakness Water ×2. Against a Water Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 2,171 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Ethan's Ho-Oh ex 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
Ethan's Magcargo	25 of 25	24	DRI 39
Mega Latias ex	5 of 8	5	DRI 39
Mega Charizard X ex	3 of 53	3	DRI 39
Mega Dragonite ex	1 of 33	1	DRI 39

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 37 Ho Oh cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Ho Oh card and its price