Pitch Black

Banette

PBL034· Uncommon
Banette PBL 34

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What the card itself says

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HP
80
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
J
Set
Pitch Black (PBL)

Its Ability

Hide 'n' Sneak

Prevent all effects of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)

Its attacks

Puppet Pull

80

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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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Hide 'n' Sneak. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Dhelmise runs it in 36 of the 36 lists we have read, seen across 34 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,987 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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
Dhelmise36 of 3634PBL 34
other5 of 384PBL 34

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

The other cards of this Pokémon

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