Black Bolt
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BLK170· Special illustration rare
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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.
- Regulation mark
- I
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
- Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex runs it in 27 of the 45 lists we have read, seen across 24 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
- Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latias ex / Mega Kangaskhan ex | 27 of 45 | 24 | BLK 83 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium | 10 of 27 | 9 | BLK 83 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 5 of 22 | 4 | BLK 83 |
| mega-latias-ex | 2 of 8 | 2 | BLK 83 |
| Teal Mask Ogerpon ex / Meganium / Arboliva ex | 2 of 56 | 2 | BLK 83 |
| Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant | 1 of 38 | 1 | BLK 83 |
| Mega Charizard X ex | 1 of 39 | 1 | BLK 83 |
| Slowking | 1 of 34 | 1 | BLK 83 |
| Wellspring Mask Ogerpon ex / Fan Rotom | 1 of 28 | 1 | BLK 83 |
| Bloodmoon Ursaluna / Lunatone | 1 of 29 | 1 | BLK 83 |
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.