Crushing Hammer
Crushing Hammer has appeared in several sets: Scarlet & Violet (SVI 168), Perfect Order (POR 71) and Pitch Black (PBL 105). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.
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.
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
- iron-thorns-ex runs it in 29 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
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 | 29 of 29 | 24 | POR 71 |
| Dragapult ex | 27 of 34 | 27 | POR 71 |
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 20 of 41 | 17 | POR 71 |
| Mega Lucario ex | 9 of 35 | 9 | POR 71 |
| other | 7 of 37 | 7 | POR 71 |
| Gengar ex | 6 of 17 | 6 | POR 71 |
| Dragapult ex / Dudunsparce | 5 of 38 | 5 | POR 71 |
| Froslass / Munkidori | 5 of 30 | 5 | POR 71 |
| yanmega-ex | 5 of 24 | 5 | POR 71 |
| mega-sharpedo-ex | 4 of 8 | 4 | POR 71 |
| Scovillain ex | 4 of 6 | 4 | POR 71 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 4 of 28 | 4 | POR 71 |
| Archaludon ex | 3 of 24 | 3 | POR 71 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 3 of 23 | 3 | POR 71 |
| bronzong-tef | 3 of 25 | 3 | POR 71 |
| hydreigon-ex | 3 of 41 | 3 | POR 71 |
| Luxray ex | 3 of 6 | 3 | POR 71 |
| mega-lopunny-ex | 3 of 13 | 3 | POR 71 |
| Alakazam | 2 of 25 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Crustle | 2 of 46 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Decidueye ex | 2 of 25 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Dudunsparce | 2 of 22 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 2 of 24 | 2 | POR 71 |
| mamoswine-ex | 2 of 21 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Mega Starmie ex | 2 of 35 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity | 2 of 49 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Toxtricity | 2 of 29 | 2 | POR 71 |
| Alakazam / Dudunsparce | 1 of 33 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Joltik | 1 of 22 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 1 of 36 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Mega Lucario ex / Hariyama | 1 of 44 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Mega Absol ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | POR 71 |
| mega-darkrai-ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 27 | 1 | POR 71 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 1 of 28 | 1 | POR 71 |
| mega-latias-ex | 1 of 8 | 1 | POR 71 |
| N's Zoroark ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Okidogi / Barbaracle | 1 of 35 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Paldean Tauros | 1 of 15 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Team Rocket's Mewtwo ex | 1 of 37 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 1 of 44 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Steven's Metagross ex | 1 of 35 | 1 | POR 71 |
| Toucannon | 1 of 23 | 1 | POR 71 |
| N's Zoroark ex / Crustle | 1 of 6 | 1 | POR 71 |
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.
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