Black Bolt

Antique Cover Fossil BLK 80/86

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Antique Cover Fossil BLK 80

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BLK 80/86 there. Its illustration is signed AYUMI ODASHIMA.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Black Bolt set, released here on 17 July 2025.

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.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
60
Regulation mark
H
Number
80/86
Set
Black BoltBLKSet guide
Illustrated by
AYUMI ODASHIMA

Its Ability

Protective CoverPlaque Protectrice

Prevent all effects of attacks used by your opponent's Pokémon done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)Évitez tous les effets infligés à ce Pokémon provenant des attaques utilisées par les Pokémon de votre adversaire. (Les dégâts ne sont pas un effet.)

Play this card as if it were a 60-HP Basic Pokémon. This card can't be affected by any Special Conditions and can't retreat. At any time during your turn, you may discard this card from play.Jouez cette carte comme si c'était un Pokémon de base avec 60 PV. Cette carte ne peut être affectée par aucun État Spécial et ne peut pas battre en retraite. À tout moment pendant votre tour, vous pouvez défausser cette carte du jeu.

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

    It has an Ability, Protective Cover. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce runs it in 2 of the 32 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

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

Standard format: source checked on September 27, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Antique Cover Fossil plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce2 of 322SCR 129
Mega Froslass ex2 of 432SCR 129