Pitch Black
Rust Syndicate Grunt
PBL112· Ultra Rare
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.
- Regulation mark
- J
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
- Dudunsparce runs it in 12 of the 25 lists we have read, seen across 11 different tournaments.
- No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
- Mark J. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dudunsparce | 12 of 25 | 11 | PBL 81 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 2 of 23 | 2 | PBL 81 |
| Alakazam / Dudunsparce | 1 of 34 | 1 | PBL 81 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 1 of 28 | 1 | PBL 81 |
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.