How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read MEP 85 there. Its illustration is signed Minahamu.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the MEP Black Star Promos set, released here on 26 September 2025.

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 56 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 15 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

MEP Black Star Promos

Bastiodon MEP 85

MEPFRPromo

You receive

€4.95

Your offer depends on the card’s printing, edition and condition. We check its condition when it arrives.

How much is your Bastiodon worth?

A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €4.95 today.

Today · You get

€4.95

€0.05 less than on 23 September

€5.00

23 SeptemberToday

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Day	Our offer
23 September	€5.00
24 September	€4.95
25 September	€4.95
26 September	€4.95
27 September	€4.95

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pokoSCORE

Market activity

56out of 100

Intermediate pace

It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French.

Copies gone since 15 September: at least 5
For sale on 26 September: 60
For sale on 15 September: 52

From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How much do we pay for Bastiodon MEP 85?: A copy in French, like new: we’ll buy it from you for €4.95 today.
How can you tell your card is this one?: Look at the bottom of your card: you should read MEP 85 there. Its illustration is signed Minahamu.
Which set does it come from?: It comes from the MEP Black Star Promos set, released here on 26 September 2025.
Does it sell fast?: It leaves listings at an intermediate pace among the cards we buy in French. Our pokoSCORE gives it 56 out of 100. At least 5 copies have sold since 15 September. From the listings we track. Departures may be sales or withdrawals.

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
Illustrated by: Minahamu

Its Ability

Ancient BulwarkRempart Antique

As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to each of your Pokémon by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that have 2 or less Energy attached.Tant que ce Pokémon est sur votre Banc, évitez tous les dégâts infligés à chacun de vos Pokémon par les attaques des Pokémon de votre adversaire auxquels 2 Energies ou moins sont attachées.

Its attacks

Hammer InEnfoncement

160

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 26 of the 30 lists we have read, seen across 22 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 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 1,244 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

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	26 of 30	22	PBL 62
Gengar ex	17 of 46	17	PBL 62
Dudunsparce	8 of 30	8	PBL 62
Mega Froslass ex	7 of 43	7	PBL 62
Archaludon ex	5 of 30	5	PBL 62
Steven's Metagross ex	4 of 64	4	PBL 62
Mamoswine ex	3 of 26	3	PBL 62
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	2 of 35	2	PBL 62
Bronzong	2 of 27	2	PBL 62
Flygon ex	2 of 10	2	PBL 62
Hydreigon ex	2 of 65	2	PBL 62
Alakazam	1 of 35	1	PBL 62
Blaziken ex	1 of 21	1	PBL 62
Cinccino ex	1 of 49	1	PBL 62
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant	1 of 64	1	PBL 62
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce	1 of 87	1	PBL 62
Metagross	1 of 45	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.

See every Bastiodon card and its price