Ascended Heroes FAQ
Welcome to the Ascended Heroes Frequently Asked Questions.
The set has been officially released as of Friday January 30th. However, due to delays in distribution of the Elite Trainer Boxes and Booster Bundles, which will be the main sources of cards for Pokemon Trainers, the new cards from the set will not be legal for Tournament play until March 6th.
Note, though, that reprints of currently legal cards can be played in tournaments as of the Jan 30th release date!
While there are no Prereleases for this set, Team Compendium has worked with Pokemon to prepare a set of Frequently Asked Questions and rulings for your edification. Please enjoy.
POKEMON ABILITIES
== FRILLED GENERATOR (Heliolisk – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I played Canari this turn and I have 2 Heliolisk in play, can I use each of their “Frilled Generator” Abilities?
A. Yes, each Heliolisk can use its Ability. The “once during your turn” refers to each Ability individually.
== HOLES (Team Rocket’s Dugtrio – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I have two Team Rocket’s Dugtrio with the “Holes” Ability in play and my opponent Retreats their Active Pokemon, do they place 2 or 4 damage counters on it?
A. They place 4 damage counters. The Ability can stack.
Q. If Battle Cage is in play, what happens if my opponent switches or retreats their Active Pokemon to the bench while I have a Team Rocket’s Dugtrio with the “Holes” Ability in play?
A. Their Pokemon is on the bench when the Ability is applied, so it takes no damage counters thanks to Battle Cage.
== TENACIOUS BODY (Mega Hawlucha ex – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If my opponent uses N’s Zekrom’s “Shred” attack and does enough damage to KO my Mega Hawlucha ex, do I get to flip a coin for its “Tenacious Body” Ability?
A. The full damage will be done by Shred, but then if the coin flip for Tenacious Body is heads 10 HP is restored to Mega Hawlucha ex AFTER all the damage is done. Mega Hawlucha ex would not be KO’d
POKEMON ATTACKS
== BLIZZARD (N’s Vanilluxe – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If my opponent’s N’s Vanilluxe uses its “Blizzard” attack and there is a Battle Cage Stadium in play, would Benched Pokemon be protected from taking 10 damage each?
A. No. Doing damage is not an effect and is different from placing damage counters. Battle Cage only protects against placing damage counters, not damage done, even if that damage came from the attack text.
== EXPLOSION Y (Mega Charizard Y ex – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. Can I use Mega Charizard Y ex’s “Explosion Y” attack if I have two Basic Fire Energy and a Counter Gain tool attached to it if I’m behind on Prizes?
A. Yes, even though you are only discarding two Energy you can use the attack.
== FLARE FALL (Entei – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I use Entei’s “Flare Fall” attack but I only have 3 Basic Fire Energy in play, will my one Luminous Energy count and let me do damage?
A. Yes, that works. Flare Fall does not specifically say the energy has to be Basic Energy.
== ROTO CALL (Rotom – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I use Rotom’s “Roto Call” attack can I get Fan Rotom and Rotom ex and put them on my Bench?
A. If you have room on your bench, yes. Any Pokemon that has “Rotom” in their name can be chosen.
== SNOW COATING (N’s Vanilluxe – ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If N’s Vanilluxe uses its “Snow Coating” attack on a Pokemon that already has two damage counters on it, does it place four more damage counters on that Pokemon for a total of six?
A. No, that’s not now it works. Snow Coating counts how many damage counters are already on the Pokemon and places the same number of additional damage counters on it. So in your example a Pokemon with two damage counters would now have a total of four on it, not six.
Q. If there is a Battle Cage in play, and I use N’s Vanilluxe’s “Snow Coating” attack, what happens if my opponent has a Benched Pokemon with 3 damage counters on it?
A. Doubling the number of damage counters requires damage counters to be placed. So the damage counters would not be added to your opponent’s Benched Pokemon; it would be protected by the Battle Cage.
TRAINER CARD
== BATTLE CAGE (ME:Phantasmal Flames)
Q. If Battle Cage is in play, what happens if my opponent switches or retreats their Active Pokemon to the bench while I have a Team Rocket’s Dugtrio with the “Holes” Ability in play?
A. Their Pokemon is on the bench when the Ability is applied, so it takes no damage counters thanks to Battle Cage.
Q. If my opponent’s N’s Vanilluxe uses its “Blizzard” attack and there is a Battle Cage Stadium in play, would Benched Pokemon be protected from taking 10 damage each?
A. No. Doing damage is not an effect and is different from placing damage counters. Battle Cage only protects against placing damage counters, not damage done, even if that damage came from the attack text.
Q. If there is a Battle Cage in play, and I use N’s Vanilluxe’s “Snow Coating” attack, what happens if my opponent has a Benched Pokemon with 3 damage counters on it?
A. Doubling the number of damage counters requires damage counters to be placed. So the damage counters would not be added to your opponent’s Benched Pokemon; it would be protected by the Battle Cage.
== CANARI (ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I played Canari this turn and I have 2 Heliolisk in play, can I use each of their “Frilled Generator” Abilities?
A. Yes, each Heliolisk can use its Ability. The “once during your turn” refers to each Ability individually.
== COUNTER GAIN (ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. Can I use Mega Charizard Y ex’s “Explosion Y” attack if I have two Basic Fire Energy and a Counter Gain tool attached to it if I’m behind on Prizes?
A. Yes, even though you are only discarding two Energy you can use the attack.
== NIGHTTIME MINE (ME:Ascended Heroes)
Q. If I have Meganium with “Wild Growth” Ability on the bench and Teal Mask Ogrepon with 2 Basic Grass Energy attached in the Active Spot, can I use its “Myriad Leaf Shower” attack if Nighttime Mine Stadium is in play?
A. Yes, you can. Wild Growth counts the 2 Basic Grass energy cards as 4 energy, so you satisfy the new attack cost of 4 Energy due to the Nighttime Mine.