Pitch Black
Antique Armor Fossil
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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
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.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It has an Ability, Protective Armor. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- iron-thorns-ex runs it in 25 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 21 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
- Mark J. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
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.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| iron-thorns-ex | 25 of 29 | 21 | PBL 72 |
| Gengar ex | 17 of 17 | 17 | PBL 72 |
| other | 8 of 38 | 8 | PBL 72 |
| Dudunsparce | 7 of 25 | 7 | PBL 72 |
| Archaludon ex | 5 of 24 | 5 | PBL 72 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 5 of 28 | 5 | PBL 72 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 5 of 38 | 5 | PBL 72 |
| mamoswine-ex | 3 of 22 | 3 | PBL 72 |
| Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 26 | 2 | PBL 72 |
| bronzong-tef | 2 of 26 | 2 | PBL 72 |
| Flygon ex | 2 of 10 | 2 | PBL 72 |
| hydreigon-ex | 2 of 43 | 2 | PBL 72 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 1 of 38 | 1 | PBL 72 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 54 | 1 | PBL 72 |
| Metagross | 1 of 34 | 1 | PBL 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.