Black Bolt
Genesect ex
You receive
€20.00
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You receive
€20.00
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
- 220
- Type
- Metal
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
- Regulation mark
- I
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
150During 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.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- 220 HP. Only 4 cards in Black Bolt carry more.
- It has an Ability, Metallic Signal. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 37 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 35 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
- Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,240 tournament lists we have read, 804 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven's Metagross ex | 37 of 37 | 35 | BLK 67 |
| Metagross | 34 of 34 | 32 | BLK 67 |
| Cinccino ex | 28 of 28 | 23 | BLK 67 |
| Mega Excadrill ex | 26 of 26 | 24 | BLK 67 |
| doublade-por | 25 of 25 | 25 | BLK 67 |
| Scizor ex | 12 of 12 | 12 | BLK 67 |
| Archaludon ex | 8 of 24 | 8 | BLK 67 |
| mega-froslass-ex | 5 of 28 | 5 | BLK 67 |
| other | 5 of 37 | 4 | BLK 67 |
| Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 26 | 2 | BLK 67 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | BLK 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.
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.