Bastiodon MEP 85

Name: Bastiodon MEP 85
Brand: Pokémon

MEPPromo

Card language

Seller location

Bastiodon arrived in MEP Black Star Promos on 26 September 2025.

The market for this printing

Finish unspecified

No quotation can be assigned to this reference until its finish is identified. Card language: English. Sellers: European Union. Asking prices, excluding shipping and import charges.

When it came out

MEP Black Star Promos landed here on 26 September 2025.

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: 160
Type: Metal
Stage: Stage 2
Retreat cost: 4
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: J
Number: 85
Set: MEP Black Star PromosMEPSet guide

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.

A strength
It has an Ability, Ancient Bulwark. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Iron Thorns ex runs it in 27 of the 32 lists we have read, seen across 23 different tournaments.
A strength
Mark J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
Retreat cost 4. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
Keep in mind
It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Shieldon to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 8,076 tournament lists we have read, 1,846 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Every version of this card

Look at the number printed at the bottom of your card. That is what tells you which version you are holding. Tap yours to open its page.

Bastiodon MEP 85MEP Black Star PromosPromoThe one you are looking atPromo
Bastiodon PBL 62/84Pitch BlackRareRare
Bastiodon PBL 93/84Pitch BlackIllustration rareIllustration rare

Who plays it

Every printing of Bastiodon 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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Iron Thorns ex	27 of 32	23	PBL 62
Gengar ex	17 of 82	17	PBL 62
Relicanth	9 of 21	9	PBL 62
Dudunsparce	8 of 42	8	PBL 62
Mega Froslass ex	8 of 69	8	PBL 62
Archaludon ex	7 of 41	7	PBL 62
Metagross	6 of 59	6	PBL 62
Steven's Metagross ex	6 of 95	6	PBL 62
Mamoswine ex	4 of 47	4	PBL 62
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	2 of 54	2	PBL 62
Blaziken ex	2 of 50	2	PBL 62
Bronzong	2 of 34	2	PBL 62
Flygon ex	2 of 15	2	PBL 62
Hydreigon ex	2 of 83	2	PBL 62
Alakazam	1 of 60	1	PBL 62
Cinccino ex	1 of 75	1	PBL 62
Flareon ex / Noctowl	1 of 59	1	PBL 62
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant	1 of 103	1	PBL 62
Lillie's Clefairy ex	1 of 72	1	PBL 62
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	1 of 103	1	PBL 62
Mega Lucario ex	1 of 97	1	PBL 62

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 11 Bastiodon cards on one page, priciest first.

View all Bastiodon cards

Bastiodon MEP 85

The market for this printing

When it came out

What the card itself says

What to make of it

Every version of this card

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

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What to make of it

What the card itself says

Who plays it

The other cards of this Pokémon

Its Ability

Ancient Bulwark

Its attacks

Hammer In