Ascended Heroes Pokémon cards will not be legal in the upcoming European International Championships, thanks to a last minute decision by TPCi. Ascended Heroes has a staggered release which means that while the set technically launches on January 30, its Elite Trainer Box isn't coming out until February 20. That means Ascended Heroes cards are going to be very difficult to get hold of, which might have been problematic for the European Championships. This newest Pokémon set has a particularly important meta-defining trainer card in Poképad, which almost every deck will want multiple copies of, since it can retrieve any Pokémon card that doesn't have a rule box. That's because Ascended Heroes arrives on Pokémon Live on January 30, meaning tournament hopefuls will be training against illegal decks.