First seen in BW Block (though in spirit, the first ACE SPECs were the Pokémon ☆ from EX Block), ACE SPECs are powerful cards, but you can only play one ACE SPEC in your entire deck. ACE SPEC diversity in BW Block was not great (most decks just played either Computer Search or Dowsing Machine), but this has been corrected in SV Block.

All decks should play ACE SPECs. (This is a key difference between them and Pokémon ☆.) Even one of the worst ACE SPECs, Master Ball, can improve any ACE-less deck by replacing a Nest/Ultra Ball, so ACE-less decks are never optimal.

No matter what card type your ACE SPEC is, there's always something that can search it out:

Common ACE SPEC Choices

• Dragapult ex:

  • Pure/With Dusknoir: Neo Upper Energy

  • With Charizard ex: Unfair Stamp

• Gholdengo ex: Energy Search Pro

• Raging Bolt ex: Prime Catcher

• Gardevoir ex: Secret Box

• Charizard ex:

  • With Pidgeot ex: Maximum Belt, Secret Box

  • With Dusknoir: Precious Trolley

• N's Zoroark ex: Secret Box, Unfair Stamp

• Tera Box: Sparkling Crystal

• Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex: Secret Box

• Flareon ex: Sparkling Crystal

• Joltik Box: Prime Catcher

• Armarouge Box: Legacy Energy

• Conkeldurr: Enriching Energy

• Ethan's Typhlosion: Secret Box

• Crustle: Poké Vital A

• Ceruledge ex: Brilliant Blender

• Miraidon ex: Prime Catcher