Pitch Black

Fossil Quarry

PBL076· Uncommon
Fossil Quarry PBL 76

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

Regulation mark
J
Set
Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Once during each player's turn, that player may search their deck for up to 2 Item cards that have "Antique" in their name and put them onto their Bench. Then, that player shuffles their deck.

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

    iron-thorns-ex runs it in 25 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 21 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. A strength

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

Standard format: source checked on September 11, 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 76
Gengar ex17 of 1717PBL 76
Dudunsparce8 of 278PBL 76
other8 of 398PBL 76
Archaludon ex5 of 245PBL 76
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285PBL 76
Steven's Metagross ex3 of 383PBL 76
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 262PBL 76
hydreigon-ex2 of 442PBL 76
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce2 of 302PBL 76
Alakazam1 of 271PBL 76
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 391PBL 76
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce1 of 571PBL 76
mamoswine-ex1 of 221PBL 76
Metagross1 of 351PBL 76

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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