N's Zoroark ex ASC 286/217

Name: N's Zoroark ex ASC 286/217
Brand: Pokémon

ASCSpecial illustration rare

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N's Zoroark ex has appeared in several sets: Journey Together (JTG 98) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 137). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

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: 280
Type: Darkness
Stage: Stage 1
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: I
Number: 286/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Raita Kazama

Its Ability

Trade

You must discard a card from your hand in order to use this Ability. Once during your turn, you may draw 2 cards.

Its attacks

Night Joker

Choose 1 of your Benched N's Pokémon's attacks and use it as this attack.

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, Trade. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
N's Zoroark ex runs it in 142 of the 142 lists we have read, seen across 120 different tournaments.
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 Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 10,432 tournament lists we have read, 6,469 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on November 15, 2026. TCGdex

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

N's Zoroark ex JTG 98/159Journey TogetherDouble rareDouble rare
N's Zoroark ex JTG 175/159Journey TogetherUltra RareUltra Rare
N's Zoroark ex JTG 185/159Journey TogetherSpecial illustration rareSpecial illustration rare
N's Zoroark ex JTG 189/159Journey TogetherHyper rareHyper rare
N's Zoroark ex ASC 137/217Ascended HeroesDouble rareDouble rare
N's Zoroark ex ASC 286/217Ascended HeroesSpecial illustration rareThe one you are looking atSpecial illustration rare

Who plays it

Every printing of N's Zoroark 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
N's Zoroark ex	142 of 142	120	JTG 98
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex	61 of 61	52	JTG 98
Blaziken ex / N's Zoroark ex	42 of 42	36	JTG 98
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex	21 of 24	21	JTG 98
Hop's Zacian ex	19 of 72	19	JTG 98
Mega Greninja ex	17 of 136	16	JTG 98
Hydreigon ex	11 of 88	11	JTG 98
Dragapult ex / N's Zoroark ex	8 of 8	8	JTG 98
Mega Dragonite ex	7 of 78	7	JTG 98
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle	7 of 7	7	JTG 98
Mega Froslass ex	6 of 84	6	JTG 98
Flareon ex / Noctowl	5 of 66	4	JTG 98
Mega Darkrai ex	5 of 93	5	JTG 98
Mega Gengar ex	5 of 66	5	JTG 98
Palafin ex	5 of 69	5	JTG 98
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	3 of 133	3	JTG 98
Mega Charizard X ex	3 of 109	3	JTG 98
Gengar ex	2 of 89	2	JTG 98
Luxray ex	2 of 10	2	JTG 98
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	2 of 28	2	JTG 98
Blaziken ex	1 of 58	1	JTG 98
Decidueye ex	1 of 66	1	JTG 98
Eelektrik	1 of 61	1	JTG 98
Flareon ex	1 of 26	1	JTG 98
Mega Lopunny ex	1 of 64	1	JTG 98
Salamence ex	1 of 10	1	JTG 98
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	1 of 91	1	JTG 98

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 38 Zoroark cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Zoroark cards

N's Zoroark ex ASC 286/217

The market for this printing

When it came out