Ascended Heroes

Golduck ASC 40/217

ASCFRUncommon
Golduck ASC 40

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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 40/217 there. Its illustration is signed Jiro Sasumo.
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
120
Type
Water
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
40/217
Set
Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by
Jiro Sasumo

Its Ability

DampMoiteur

Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) lose any Ability that requires the Pokémon using it to Knock Out itself.Les Pokémon en jeu (les vôtres et ceux de votre adversaire) perdent tout talent qui demande au Pokémon l'utilisant de se mettre K.O.

Its attacks

Hydro PumpHydrocanon

60+

This attack does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.Cette attaque inflige 20 dégâts supplémentaires pour chaque Énergie attachée à ce Pokémon.

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, Damp. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Mega Greninja ex runs it in 2 of the 65 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 439 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 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
Mega Greninja ex2 of 652ASC 40

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 26 Golduck cards on one page, priciest first.

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