Night Stretcher
Night Stretcher has appeared in several sets: Shrouded Fable (SFA 61), Surging Sparks (SSP 251), Mega Evolution (MEG 173) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 196). 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.
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
- Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex runs it in 26 of the 27 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 26 of 27 | 24 | ASC 196 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 25 of 26 | 24 | ASC 196 |
| Festival Lead | 25 of 25 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 24 of 24 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 24 of 24 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Hop's Trevenant | 24 of 24 | 23 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik | 24 of 24 | 23 | ASC 196 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex | 24 of 24 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Ceruledge ex | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Dhelmise | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Greninja ex | 23 of 23 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Raging Bolt ex | 23 of 23 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Slowking | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 23 of 26 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 23 of 23 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 22 of 22 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Dragapult ex | 22 of 22 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Flareon ex / Noctowl | 22 of 22 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass | 22 of 22 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 22 of 23 | 22 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 22 of 27 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Froslass | 22 of 22 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Alakazam / Dudunsparce | 21 of 22 | 21 | ASC 196 |
| Blaziken / N's Zoroark ex | 21 of 21 | 17 | ASC 196 |
| Dragapult ex / Blaziken ex | 21 of 21 | 17 | ASC 196 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 21 of 21 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 21 of 21 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 21 of 22 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 21 of 21 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 21 of 21 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Team Rocket's Honchkrow | 21 of 21 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Toxtricity | 21 of 21 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 20 of 22 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Metagross | 20 of 22 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex | 20 of 21 | 20 | ASC 196 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 20 of 22 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Toxtricity | 20 of 20 | 17 | ASC 196 |
| Cynthia's Garchomp ex | 19 of 20 | 18 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Absol ex | 19 of 20 | 16 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 19 of 23 | 17 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Darkrai ex | 19 of 22 | 15 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Venusaur ex | 19 of 22 | 19 | ASC 196 |
| Toucannon | 18 of 20 | 17 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 16 of 24 | 15 | ASC 196 |
| doublade-por | 15 of 18 | 15 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Dragonite ex | 14 of 21 | 13 | ASC 196 |
| other | 14 of 24 | 13 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 13 of 20 | 13 | ASC 196 |
| Beedrill ex | 9 of 20 | 9 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Zygarde ex / Barbaracle | 9 of 20 | 9 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 8 of 26 | 8 | ASC 196 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 7 of 21 | 7 | ASC 196 |
| Wailord ex | 7 of 20 | 7 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Excadrill ex | 5 of 20 | 5 | ASC 196 |
| Cinccino ex | 4 of 21 | 4 | ASC 196 |
| Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama | 4 of 25 | 4 | ASC 196 |
| mega-abomasnow-ex | 3 of 24 | 2 | ASC 196 |
| Crustle | 2 of 24 | 2 | ASC 196 |
| iron-thorns-ex | 2 of 24 | 2 | ASC 196 |
| Erika's Victreebel | 1 of 21 | 1 | ASC 196 |
| Lillie's Clefairy ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | ASC 196 |
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.
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