How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read TEF 202/162 there. Its illustration is signed Ryuta Fuse.

Which set does it come from?

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

Temporal Forces

Salvatore TEF 202/162

TEFFRUltra Rare

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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 202/162 there. Its illustration is signed Ryuta Fuse.
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: 202/162
Set: Temporal ForcesTEFSet guide
Illustrated by: Ryuta Fuse

Search your deck for a card that has no Abilities and evolves from 1 of your Pokémon, and put it onto that Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck. You can use this card on a Pokémon you put down when you were setting up to play or on a Pokémon that was put into play this turn.Cherchez dans votre deck une carte Évolution sans talent de l'un de vos Pokémon, et placez-la sur ce Pokémon-là pour le faire évoluer. Mélangez ensuite votre deck. Vous pouvez utiliser cette carte sur un Pokémon que vous avez mis en jeu lorsque vous prépariez la partie ou sur un Pokémon qui a été mis en jeu pendant ce tour.

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
Mega Starmie ex runs it in 56 of the 70 lists we have read, seen across 49 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 Salvatore 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
Mega Starmie ex	56 of 70	49	TEF 160
Mega Starmie ex / Froslass	44 of 69	41	TEF 160
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir	33 of 70	32	TEF 160
Mega Froslass ex	26 of 43	26	TEF 160
Bronzong	23 of 27	22	TEF 160
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir	22 of 76	22	TEF 160
Greninja ex	12 of 68	12	TEF 160
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce	11 of 32	11	TEF 160
Hydreigon ex	6 of 65	6	TEF 160
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	5 of 56	5	TEF 160
Mega Lucario ex	4 of 68	4	TEF 160
Mamoswine ex	3 of 26	3	TEF 160
Mega Greninja ex	3 of 65	3	TEF 160
Froslass / Munkidori	2 of 51	2	TEF 160
Mega Charizard X ex	2 of 53	2	TEF 160
Palafin ex	2 of 42	2	TEF 160
Cinderace ex	1 of 6	1	TEF 160
Doublade	1 of 43	1	TEF 160
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	1 of 87	1	TEF 160
Mega Camerupt ex	1 of 52	1	TEF 160
Mega Lopunny ex	1 of 24	1	TEF 160
Mega Zygarde ex	1 of 32	1	TEF 160