MEP Black Star Promos
Bastiodon
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You receive
€4.55
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You receive
€4.55
Versions of this card
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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
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
160What 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, Ancient Bulwark. 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.
- Mark J. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
- It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- 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.
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 62 |
| Gengar ex | 17 of 17 | 17 | PBL 62 |
| other | 8 of 38 | 8 | PBL 62 |
| Dudunsparce | 7 of 25 | 7 | PBL 62 |
| Archaludon ex | 5 of 24 | 5 | PBL 62 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 5 of 28 | 5 | PBL 62 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 4 of 38 | 4 | PBL 62 |
| mamoswine-ex | 3 of 22 | 3 | PBL 62 |
| Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 26 | 2 | PBL 62 |
| bronzong-tef | 2 of 26 | 2 | PBL 62 |
| Flygon ex | 2 of 10 | 2 | PBL 62 |
| hydreigon-ex | 2 of 43 | 2 | PBL 62 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | PBL 62 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 1 of 38 | 1 | PBL 62 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 54 | 1 | PBL 62 |
| Metagross | 1 of 34 | 1 | PBL 62 |
When it came out
MEP Black Star Promos landed here on 26 September 2025.
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.