The cardBLK 67 · BLK 161 · BLK 169
Genesect ex

Genesect ex

Genesect ex arrived with Black Bolt on 17 July 2025. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

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.

HP220
TypeMetal
StageBasic
Retreat cost2
WeaknessFire ×2
ResistanceGrass -30
Regulation markI

ITS ABILITY

Metallic SignalOnce during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Evolution {M} Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.

ITS ATTACKS

Protect Charge150Metal + Metal + ColorlessDuring 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 35 of the 35 lists we have read, seen across 33 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 3,150 tournament lists we have read, 793 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Steven's Metagross ex35 of 3533BLK 67
Metagross34 of 3432BLK 67
Cinccino ex28 of 2823BLK 67
Mega Excadrill ex26 of 2624BLK 67
doublade-por24 of 2424BLK 67
Scizor ex12 of 1212BLK 67
Archaludon ex8 of 248BLK 67
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285BLK 67
other5 of 374BLK 67
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 222BLK 67
Hop's Zacian ex1 of 321BLK 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

Where to find it

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