Black Bolt

Cubchoo

BLKFR25· Common
Cubchoo BLK 25

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
70
Type
Water
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
I
Number
25/86
Set
Black BoltBLKSet guide
Illustrated by
OOYAMA

Its attacks

Snotted UpNez Pris

10

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't use attacks.Pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire, le Pokémon Défenseur ne peut pas utiliser d'attaques.

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

    Dudunsparce runs it in 6 of the 29 lists we have read, seen across 6 different tournaments.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. A strength

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

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 529 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 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
Dudunsparce6 of 296BLK 25
Mega Chandelure ex1 of 361BLK 25
Mega Lopunny ex1 of 211BLK 25

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

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 Cubchoo cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Cubchoo card and its price