All guides · 2026-09-28 · TCGSwap
Ascended Heroes is the biggest Pokémon set we track from 2026: 295 priced cards, worth €4,708.89 together as of week 40. Prices are Cardmarket and TCGplayer market estimates, recorded weekly — estimates, not guaranteed values.
| Card | Rarity | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Mega Gengar ex 284 | Special illustration rare | €928.86 |
| Pikachu ex 276 | Special illustration rare | €889.13 |
| Mega Dragonite ex 290 | Special illustration rare | €406.94 |
| Mega Charizard Y ex 294 | Mega Hyper Rare | €346.37 |
| Pikachu ex 277 | Special illustration rare | €304.91 |
| Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex 281 | Special illustration rare | €243.97 |

Mega Gengar and Pikachu together are €1,818 — 39% of the entire set's value in two cards. Interestingly, the Mega Hyper Rare Charizard Y sits fourth: in this set, the special illustration rares are the real chase.
| Rarity | Cards | Median | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Hyper Rare | 2 | €276.72 | €346.37 |
| Special illustration rare | 22 | €53.69 | €928.86 |
| Mega Attack Rare | 7 | €5.26 | €47.73 |
| Illustration rare | 33 | €5.08 | €61.88 |
| Ultra Rare | 14 | €0.99 | €4.53 |
| Double rare | 39 | €0.87 | €5.23 |
| Rare and below | 178 | €0.03–€0.07 | €0.62 |
With 22 special illustration rares at a median of €53.69, this set has more mid-value chase cards than most.
Taking the same 295 cards every week, the set went from €4,829.56 in week 31 to €4,708.89 in week 40 — a drop of just 2.5%. For comparison, Chaos Rising lost 17% over the same weeks.
Some chase cards are climbing: Iono's Bellibolt ex 279 rose from €33.82 to €43.73 (+29%), Mega Hawlucha ex 283 from €36.88 to €47.18 (+28%), and Mega Dragonite ex 295 from €171.50 to €207.06 (+21%). The biggest fall among the chases was Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex 281, down 18% from €297.54.
On these numbers, Ascended Heroes is behaving like a set people are holding rather than selling — the bulk hasn't collapsed and several chase cards are rising.