Pokémon TCG: Ascended Heroes' 10 Most Popular Cards That Fans Are Going Crazy For

The archetypal of the astir fashionable Pokémon cards successful Ascended Heroes, Budew proves that adjacent the smallest small Grass-type tin marque a large impact. While the pastel, dreamlike Illustration Rare artwork by Yoko Hishida has surely been a gully for collectors, its onslaught — Itchy Pollen — has astir decidedly helped sales, too.

For nary Energy, it deals airy harm portion preventing Item cards adjacent turn; that makes it a precise businesslike disrupt that tin stall opponent’s strategies adjacent successful the aboriginal game. It’s efficient, adorable, and good worthy the astir $28 marketplace terms Budew has earned for itself astatine the clip of writing.

#9 – Boss’s Orders [Corbeau] (256/217, Ultra Rare)

An undisputed instrumentality favourite from Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Corbeau controlled the Rust Syndicate with class, and Boss’s Orders allows him to instrumentality power of the committee successful a trading paper lucifer arsenic good — letting you power successful 1 of your opponent’s seat Pokémon into the progressive spot.

It’s a elemental effect, but it tin hold the travel of your opponent’s strategy capable for you to crook the tables and/or support the unit up.

Of course, nagismo’s artwork showing disconnected crisp quality creation and assured airs elevates the presumption (and its fertile successful the Ascended Heroes income charts adjacent further), making Corbeau’s almighty look and benignant oozing aura and meta competitiveness each the mode from your binder.

#8 – Lillie’s Clefairy ex (280/217, Special Illustration Rare)

Given different Lillie’s Clefairy ex topped the charts of the astir costly Pokémon cards successful the Journey Together expansion, it’s nary astonishment the latest mentation successful Ascended Heroes is the eighth astir fashionable paper of this caller expansion.

Not lone is this card’s illustration of Lillie embracing Clefairy simply delightful, but its quality and onslaught person immoderate bully tactical weight, arsenic well. Fairy Zone turns Dragon Weakness into Psychic, which tin reshape definite matchups entirely, portion Full Moon Rondo scales harm based connected some players’ Benches.

When it comes to Lillie's Clefairy ex, collectors buying connected TCGplayer look to emotion the creator appeal, the wide cuteness factor, and gameplay flexibility; what a winning combination.

#7 – Mega Dragonite ex (271/217, Mega Attack Rare)

Essentially the mascot of Ascended Heroes, it’s decidedly not a shocker that Mega Dragonite ex is different fashionable Pokémon paper connected this list.

Although overmuch cheaper than the different mentation below, this Mega Attack Rare’s artwork inactive stands retired successful its ain right: with a bold and stylised illustration, implicit with elephantine Japanese katakana writing, pops disconnected similar an anime occurrence of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.

Its gameplay capabilities person surely kept it popular, too, arsenic Sky Transport allows once-per-turn switching betwixt Active and Benched Pokémon — enabling fluid positioning that galore Stage 2 decks crave.

#6 – Mega Dragonite ex (290/217, Special Illustration Rare)

For an other $500 worthy of marketplace value, Pokémon TCG fans person been buying the Special Illustration Rare mentation of Mega Dragonite ex, which turns the Dragon Pokémon into a whimsical centrepiece.

Once again, utilizing the Ascended Heroes expansion’s emotion for brushed pastel colours and sparkling effects, Dragonite looks transformed into a storybook fairytale carnal alternatively than a Pocket Monster. What’s more, its Sky Transport Ability and Ryuno Glide onslaught inactive deed conscionable arsenic hard. Although, we’re assuming buyers are putting a invaluable mentation similar this into binders alternatively than their competitory platform boxes.

#5 – Mega Charizard Y ex (294/217, Mega Hyper Rare)

Gems similar the aureate Mega Hyper Rare cards seldom conflict to find buyers, and Mega Charizard Y ex’s is nary exception. Along with the minimalist aureate silhouette giving this paper instant prestige, its Y Explosion onslaught delivers targeted 280 harm to immoderate opposing Pokémon — albeit astatine the outgo of discarding 3 Energy.

At the clip of writing, according to its marketplace price, this flashy and almighty paper is $425 good spent to a batch of Ascended Heroes collectors among the Pokémon TCG fandom.

#4 – Mega Gengar ex (269/217, Mega Attack Rare)

Like with Mega Dragonite ex’s Mega Attack Rare, this is the Gengar players tin really play without spending what would’ve been capable wealth to bargain a PlayStation 5. Mega Gengar ex’s ain comic-inspired artwork pops with bold colours and the iconic Ghost-type’s cheeky attitude, giving the paper a dynamic consciousness consecutive retired of a manga panel, which galore TCG fans person loved adding to their collections.

Gameplay-wise, Shadowy Concealment makes Mega Gengar ex amusive to play with, too, arsenic it reduces the Prize cards opponents instrumentality erstwhile 1 of your Darkness Pokémon falls to a Pokémon ex — subtly altering prize trades. Meanwhile, Void Gale hits for 230 and redistributes Energy to the Bench for immoderate tactical flexibility.

#3 – Psyduck (226/217, Illustration Rare)

The 3rd best-selling fashionable paper successful the Pokémon TCG’s Ascended Heroes expansion, Psyduck’s beachside artwork radiates implicit calm, which makes its disruptive effect somewhat comic successful an ironic way.

While its Damp is rather niche, shutting down immoderate Ability that requires a Pokémon to sound itself out, it tin inactive enactment successful definite matchups. Still, the crushed TCGplayer customers person jumped connected this paper is acold much apt for everyone’s favourite duck surviving its astir peaceful beingness successful an artificially quaint close-up.

#2 – Poké Pad (198/217, Common)

Not each bestseller needs to beryllium flashy, with the Poké Pad’s quality — to hunt your platform for a Pokémon without a Rule Box — being the lone crushed it’s the 2nd astir fashionable Pokémon paper successful Ascended Heroes.

That’s due to the fact that not lone does it springiness evolution-heavy strategies much consistency and speed, it besides fits into truthful galore platform archetypes; with a specified marketplace terms of $7.16 arsenic of February 2026, it makes much than capable consciousness for buyers to drawback up aggregate copies astatine a clip for antithetic decks.

#1 – Mega Gengar ex (284/217, Special Illustration Rare)

Taking the apical spot of the astir fashionable paper successful the Pokémon TCG’s Ascended Heroes is the jaw-droppingly costly Mega Gengar ex successful its Special Illustration Rare form. The biggest contributor to it being specified a large seller, adjacent with an $800+ marketplace price, is Taiga Kasai’s artwork that bursts with neon chaos — turning Gengar into a looming, mischievous unit that dominates the paper frame.

It carries the aforesaid prize-manipulating Shadowy Concealment Ability and energy-shifting Void Gale onslaught arsenic its alternate version, but the premium creation is without a uncertainty what’s earned Gengar the Ascended Heroes crown successful this case, and we expect the popularity to support going for rather immoderate time.

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