How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 200/162 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.

Temporal Forces

Explorer's Guidance TEF 200/162

TEFJPUltra Rare

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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 TEF 200/162 there. Its illustration is signed Hideki Ishikawa.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the Temporal Forces set, released here on 22 March 2024.

When it came out

Temporal Forces landed here on 22 March 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 January 2024, under the code SV5K + SV5M. That is 56 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.

Regulation mark: H
Number: 200/162
Set: Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by: Hideki Ishikawa

Look at the top 6 cards of your deck and put 2 of them into your hand. Discard the other cards.自分の山札を上から6枚見て、その中からカードを2枚選び、手札に加える。残りのカードはトラッシュする。

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
Ceruledge ex runs it in 36 of the 51 lists we have read, seen across 34 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 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Explorer's Guidance 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
Ceruledge ex	36 of 51	34	TEF 147
Dhelmise	24 of 70	24	TEF 147
Archaludon ex	11 of 30	10	TEF 147
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	8 of 35	8	TEF 147
Mega Froslass ex	7 of 43	7	TEF 147
Eelektrik	5 of 37	5	TEF 147
Hop's Zacian ex	4 of 48	4	TEF 147
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	2 of 66	2	TEF 147
Iono's Bellibolt ex	1 of 39	1	TEF 147
Mega Charizard X ex	1 of 53	1	TEF 147
Team Rocket's Spidops	1 of 27	1	TEF 147
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity	1 of 92	1	TEF 147
Yanmega ex	1 of 41	1	TEF 147