Ascended Heroes

Spectrier ASC 98/217

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Spectrier ASC 98

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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 98/217 there. Its illustration is signed Taiga Kasai.
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
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Number
98/217
Set
Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by
Taiga Kasai

Its attacks

Spooky ShotTir Effrayant

30

Phantasmal BarrageOffensive Spectrale

Discard all Energy from this Pokémon and place 12 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon.Défaussez toutes les Énergies de ce Pokémon. Placez 12 marqueurs de dégâts sur l'un des Pokémon de votre adversaire.

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

    Slowking runs it in 4 of the 62 lists we have read, seen across 4 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,349 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
Slowking4 of 624ASC 98
Blaziken ex1 of 211ASC 98

The other cards of this Pokémon

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