Black Bolt
Carracosta
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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
- 180
- Type
- Water
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- I
Its Ability
Mighty Shell
Prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon by your opponent's Pokémon that have any Special Energy attached.
Its attacks
Big Bite
150During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.
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, Mighty Shell. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce runs it in 2 of the 28 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 3. 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 Tirtouga to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 281 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 28 | 2 | BLK 23 |
When it came out
Black Bolt landed here on 17 July 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 June 2025, under the code SV11B. That is 41 days ahead of us.
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 7 Carracosta cards on one page, priciest first.