Black Bolt

Genesect ex

BLKEN169· Special illustration rare
Genesect ex BLK 169

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€10.00

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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
220
Type
Metal
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
I
Set
Black Bolt (BLK)

Its Ability

Metallic Signal

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Evolution Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

Its attacks

Protect Charge

150

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).

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

    220 HP. Only 4 cards in Black Bolt carry more.

  2. A strength

    It has an Ability, Metallic Signal. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 38 of the 38 lists we have read, seen across 36 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  5. A strength

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

  6. Keep in mind

    It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.

  7. 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
Steven's Metagross ex38 of 3836BLK 67
Metagross34 of 3432BLK 67
Cinccino ex29 of 2924BLK 67
Mega Excadrill ex26 of 2624BLK 67
doublade-por25 of 2525BLK 67
Scizor ex12 of 1212BLK 67
Archaludon ex8 of 248BLK 67
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285BLK 67
other5 of 384BLK 67
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 262BLK 67
Hop's Zacian ex1 of 341BLK 67

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.

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 25 Genesect cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Genesect card and its price