MEP Black Star Promos

Bastiodon

MEP085· Promo

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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
160
Type
Metal
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
4
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
J
Set
MEP Black Star Promos (MEP)

Its Ability

Ancient Bulwark

As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to each of your Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have 2 or less Energy attached.

Its attacks

Hammer In

160

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, Ancient Bulwark. 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

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

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 816 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
iron-thorns-ex25 of 2921PBL 62
Gengar ex17 of 1717PBL 62
other8 of 388PBL 62
Dudunsparce7 of 257PBL 62
Archaludon ex5 of 245PBL 62
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285PBL 62
Steven's Metagross ex4 of 384PBL 62
mamoswine-ex3 of 223PBL 62
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 262PBL 62
bronzong-tef2 of 262PBL 62
Flygon ex2 of 102PBL 62
hydreigon-ex2 of 432PBL 62
Blaziken ex1 of 201PBL 62
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 381PBL 62
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce1 of 541PBL 62
Metagross1 of 341PBL 62

When it came out

MEP Black Star Promos landed here on 26 September 2025.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 11 Bastiodon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Bastiodon card and its price