Pitch Black
Poltchageist
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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
- 30
- Type
- Grass
- Stage
- Basic
- Retreat cost
- 0
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- J
Its Ability
Hide 'n' Sneak
Prevent all effects of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)
Its attacks
Furtive Drop
Place 1 damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon.
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
- It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.
- It has an Ability, Hide 'n' Sneak. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Dhelmise runs it in 36 of the 36 lists we have read, seen across 34 different tournaments.
- It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
- Mark J. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dhelmise | 36 of 36 | 34 | PBL 5 |
| Sinistcha / Teal Mask Ogerpon ex | 20 of 22 | 18 | PBL 5 |
| other | 5 of 38 | 4 | PBL 5 |
| yanmega-ex | 1 of 25 | 1 | PBL 5 |
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.
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 4 Poltchageist cards on one page, priciest first.