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The cardASC 39 · ASC 226
Psyduck

Psyduck

Psyduck arrived with Ascended Heroes on 30 January 2026. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.

HP70
TypeWater
StageBasic
Retreat cost1
WeaknessLightning ×2
Regulation markI
SetAscended Heroes (ASC)

ITS ABILITY

DampPokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's) lose any Ability that requires the Pokémon using it to Knock Out itself.

ITS ATTACKS

Ram20Colorless + Colorless

Printed exactly as it appears on the card.

What to make of it

Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
  • It has an Ability, Damp. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
  • Alakazam / Dudunsparce runs it in 13 of the 21 lists we have read, seen across 13 different tournaments.
  • It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 110 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

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Who plays it

We read tournament decklists one by one. The match is made on the set code printed at the bottom of the card, the one the player copied onto the list — never on the name, because two cards sometimes share one.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Alakazam / Dudunsparce13 of 2113ASC 39
Ethan's Typhlosion10 of 2410ASC 39
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant10 of 2110ASC 39
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce7 of 236ASC 39
Dhelmise5 of 235ASC 39
doublade-por4 of 184ASC 39
Mega Absol ex4 of 204ASC 39
Mega Chandelure ex4 of 204ASC 39
Crustle3 of 223ASC 39
mega-froslass-ex3 of 203ASC 39
Mega Starmie ex3 of 243ASC 39
Wailord ex3 of 203ASC 39
Festival Lead2 of 242ASC 39
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik2 of 232ASC 39
Okidogi / Barbaracle2 of 202ASC 39
Cinccino ex1 of 211ASC 39
Erika's Victreebel1 of 211ASC 39
Hop's Trevenant1 of 241ASC 39
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex1 of 231ASC 39
Metagross1 of 221ASC 39
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Hydrapple ex1 of 231ASC 39
other1 of 221ASC 39
Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex1 of 201ASC 39
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity1 of 201ASC 39
Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom1 of 221ASC 39
Toucannon1 of 201ASC 39

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

Where to find it

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