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Bastiodon MEP 85

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Bastiodon MEP 85

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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 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.

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

The Japanese text is not available yet. Text shown: English.

Its Ability

Ancient Bulwark

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.

Its attacks

Hammer In

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.

  1. 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.

  2. A strength

    Iron Thorns ex runs it in 26 of the 30 lists we have read, seen across 22 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Iron Thorns ex26 of 3022PBL 62
Gengar ex17 of 4617PBL 62
Dudunsparce8 of 308PBL 62
Mega Froslass ex7 of 437PBL 62
Archaludon ex5 of 305PBL 62
Steven's Metagross ex4 of 644PBL 62
Mamoswine ex3 of 263PBL 62
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce2 of 352PBL 62
Bronzong2 of 272PBL 62
Flygon ex2 of 102PBL 62
Hydreigon ex2 of 652PBL 62
Alakazam1 of 351PBL 62
Blaziken ex1 of 211PBL 62
Cinccino ex1 of 491PBL 62
Mega Kangaskhan ex / Bouffalant1 of 641PBL 62
Mega Lopunny ex / Dudunsparce1 of 871PBL 62
Metagross1 of 451PBL 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