Ascended Heroes

Team Rocket's Great Ball ASC 205/217

ASCFRUncommon
Team Rocket's Great Ball ASC 205

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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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 205/217 there. Its illustration is signed Toyste Beach.
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.

Regulation mark
I
Number
205/217
Set
Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by
Toyste Beach
Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for an Evolution Team Rocket's Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If tails, search your deck for a Basic Team Rocket's Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.Lancez une pièce. Si c'est face, cherchez dans votre deck un Pokémon de la Team Rocket Évolutif, montrez-le, puis ajoutez-le à votre main. Si c'est pile, cherchez dans votre deck un Pokémon de la Team Rocket de base, montrez-le, puis ajoutez-le à votre main. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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

    Team Rocket's Nidoking ex runs it in 2 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. A strength

    Mark I. 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 Team Rocket's Great Ball 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex2 of 242DRI 175