Pitch Black

Shadowy Darkness Energy

PBL083· Rare
Shadowy Darkness Energy PBL 83

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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
Set
Pitch Black (PBL)

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.

  1. A strength

    mega-sharpedo-ex runs it in 7 of the 9 lists we have read, seen across 7 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.

  3. A strength

    Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

Standard format: source checked on September 8, 2026. TCGdex

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
mega-sharpedo-ex7 of 97PBL 83
mega-darkrai-ex6 of 276PBL 83
Toxtricity4 of 334PBL 83
Gengar ex3 of 173PBL 83
Froslass / Munkidori2 of 302PBL 83
N's Zoroark ex / Crustle2 of 62PBL 83
hydreigon-ex1 of 431PBL 83
mega-gengar-ex1 of 141PBL 83
Mega Sharpedo ex / Toxtricity1 of 531PBL 83

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.

Every set, with both of its dates