How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read ASC 208/217 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Ascended Heroes set, released here on 30 January 2026.

Ascended Heroes

Team Rocket's Proton ASC 208/217

ASCFRUncommon

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 208/217 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.
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: 208/217
Set: Ascended HeroesASCSet guide
Illustrated by: Naoki Saito

If you go first, you may use this card during your first turn. Search your deck for up to 3 Basic Team Rocket's Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.Si vous jouez en premier, vous pouvez utiliser cette carte pendant votre premier tour. Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 3 Pokémon de la Team Rocket de base, montrez-les, puis ajoutez-les 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.

A strength
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex runs it in 78 of the 78 lists we have read, seen across 68 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
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 Proton 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
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex	78 of 78	68	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Honchkrow	77 of 77	68	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Spidops	25 of 27	23	DRI 177
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	16 of 24	16	DRI 177
Hydreigon ex	2 of 65	2	DRI 177
Joltik	1 of 36	1	DRI 177