How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 151/162 there. Its illustration is signed Ayaka Yoshida.

Which set does it come from?

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

Temporal Forces

Heavy Baton TEF 151/162

Name: Heavy Baton TEF 151
Brand: Pokémon

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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 151/162 there. Its illustration is signed Ayaka Yoshida.
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: 151/162
Set: Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by: Ayaka Yoshida

The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

If the Pokémon this card is attached to has a Retreat Cost of exactly 4, is in the Active Spot, and is Knocked Out by damage from an attack from your opponent's Pokémon, move up to 3 Basic Energy cards from that Pokémon to your Benched Pokémon in any way you like.

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
Wailord ex runs it in 31 of the 33 lists we have read, seen across 27 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

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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Wailord ex	31 of 33	27	TEF 151
Wailord ex (Pitch Black)	18 of 20	16	TEF 151
Blissey ex	4 of 23	4	TEF 151
Mega Abomasnow ex	4 of 40	4	TEF 151
Yanmega ex	2 of 41	2	TEF 151
Mamoswine ex	1 of 26	1	TEF 151
Metagross	1 of 45	1	TEF 151