Budew
Budew has appeared in several sets: Prismatic Evolutions (PRE 4) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 16). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.
What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
ITS ATTACKS
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.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
- Dragapult ex / Dusknoir runs it in 24 of the 24 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,386 tournament lists we have read, 386 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
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.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 24 of 24 | 22 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex | 22 of 22 | 22 | ASC 16 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass | 22 of 22 | 22 | ASC 16 |
| Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex | 21 of 21 | 17 | ASC 16 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 21 of 27 | 18 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 21 of 26 | 19 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Froslass | 21 of 22 | 17 | ASC 16 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 19 of 21 | 17 | ASC 16 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 18 of 23 | 18 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 18 of 22 | 18 | ASC 16 |
| Greninja ex | 13 of 23 | 12 | ASC 16 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 11 of 22 | 11 | ASC 16 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 8 of 21 | 8 | ASC 16 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 7 of 26 | 7 | ASC 16 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 7 of 21 | 7 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 6 of 27 | 5 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 4 of 24 | 4 | ASC 16 |
| doublade-por | 2 of 18 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 2 of 21 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 2 of 23 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Dragonite ex | 2 of 21 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 2 of 22 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 2 of 24 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 20 | 2 | ASC 16 |
| Beedrill ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Mega Darkrai ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Metagross | 1 of 22 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| other | 1 of 24 | 1 | ASC 16 |
| Wailord ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | ASC 16 |
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.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 5 Budew cards on one page, priciest first.
Where to find it
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