# Does Ascended Heroes have Poké Ball and Energy pattern cards?

> Yes — Ascended Heroes has 140 Poké Ball and 140 Energy pattern cards.
>
> Source: https://www.nomekop.app/faqs/does-ascended-heroes-have-ball-pattern-cards — NOMEKOP, an independent Pokémon TCG binder tool
> (not affiliated with Nintendo / The Pokémon Company). Figures as of June 2026.

**Yes — Ascended Heroes has 140 Poké Ball and 140 Energy pattern cards.**

## Ascended Heroes' pattern cards

Ascended Heroes is one of the few sets with Poké Ball and Energy mirror cards — reverse-style foils stamped with a repeating pattern instead of the usual holo sheen. Each is a separate variant on top of the normal print, so every one is its own card to chase.

## How many pattern cards in Ascended Heroes?

Across every pattern there are 280 cards to track down: 140 Poké Ball and 140 Energy. They sit on top of the base print run, so each one is a distinct card for a master set.

## Star Pokémon to find in pattern form

The marquee Pokémon worth hunting Poké Ball and Energy copies of in Ascended Heroes:

- **Mega Dragonite** — Mega Dragonite ex (#152), Mega Dragonite ex (#271), Mega Dragonite ex (#290), Mega Dragonite ex (#295)
- **Mega Charizard Y** — Mega Charizard Y ex (#22), Mega Charizard Y ex (#294)
- **Mega Hawlucha** — Mega Hawlucha ex (#116), Mega Hawlucha ex (#268), Mega Hawlucha ex (#283)
- **Mega Gengar** — Mega Gengar ex (#125), Mega Gengar ex (#269), Mega Gengar ex (#284)
- **Mega Scrafty** — Mega Scrafty ex (#135), Mega Scrafty ex (#270), Mega Scrafty ex (#285)

They sit alongside Ascended Heroes' headline chase cards:

- [Mega Charizard Y ex (#294)](/card/me2pt5-294) — Mega Hyper Rare
- [Mega Dragonite ex (#295)](/card/me2pt5-295) — Mega Hyper Rare
- [Mega Froslass ex (#265)](/card/me2pt5-265) — Mega Attack Rare
- [Mega Eelektross ex (#266)](/card/me2pt5-266) — Mega Attack Rare

## Why the patterns inflate Ascended Heroes

Because these patterns count toward a complete set, they're the main reason an Ascended Heroes master set balloons to 613 cards versus 217 for the base. Plan binder space for the 280 pattern variants too if you're going for everything — that's roughly 32 extra 9-pocket pages on top of the base Ascended Heroes run.

Figures from the pokemontcg.io dataset, as of June 2026.