Pitch Black

Shieldon

PBLEN061· Common
Shieldon PBL 61

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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
100
Type
Metal
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
J
Set
Pitch Black (PBL)

Its attacks

Smithereen Smash

50

Discard an Energy from 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.

  1. A strength

    iron-thorns-ex runs it in 24 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 20 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  4. Keep in mind

    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.

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
iron-thorns-ex24 of 2920PBL 61
Gengar ex17 of 1717PBL 61
Dudunsparce7 of 257PBL 61
Archaludon ex5 of 245PBL 61
mega-froslass-ex5 of 285PBL 61
other5 of 385PBL 61
Steven's Metagross ex4 of 384PBL 61
mamoswine-ex3 of 223PBL 61
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 262PBL 61
bronzong-tef1 of 261PBL 61
hydreigon-ex1 of 431PBL 61
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 381PBL 61
Metagross1 of 341PBL 61

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

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 5 Shieldon cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Shieldon card and its price