Pitch Black

Antique Armor Fossil

PBL072· Common
Antique Armor Fossil PBL 72

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What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP
60
Regulation mark
J
Set
Pitch Black (PBL)

Its Ability

Protective Armor

As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, all of your Pokémon take 10 less damage from attacks from your opponent's Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    It has an Ability, Protective Armor. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    iron-thorns-ex runs it in 25 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 21 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  4. A strength

    Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
iron-thorns-ex25 of 2921PBL 72
Gengar ex17 of 1717PBL 72
other8 of 388PBL 72
Dudunsparce7 of 257PBL 72
Archaludon ex5 of 245PBL 72
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285PBL 72
Steven's Metagross ex5 of 385PBL 72
mamoswine-ex3 of 223PBL 72
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 262PBL 72
bronzong-tef2 of 262PBL 72
Flygon ex2 of 102PBL 72
hydreigon-ex2 of 432PBL 72
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 381PBL 72
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce1 of 541PBL 72
Metagross1 of 341PBL 72

When it came out

Pitch Black landed here on 17 July 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 22 May 2026, under the code M5. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates