How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BLK 81/86 there. Its illustration is signed Toyste Beach.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Black Bolt set, released here on 17 July 2025.

Black Bolt

Energy Coin BLK 81/86

Name: Energy Coin BLK 81
Brand: Pokémon

BLKFRUncommon

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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BLK 81Black BoltUncommonSelected printingYou receiveWe are not buying this printing at the moment.

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 81/86 there. Its illustration is signed Toyste Beach.
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.

Regulation mark: I
Number: 81/86
Set: Black BoltBLKSet guide
Illustrated by: Toyste Beach

Flip 2 coins. If both of them are heads, search your deck for a Basic Energy card and attach it to 1 of your Pokémon. Then, shuffle your deck.Lancez 2 pièces. Si vous obtenez 2 côtés face, cherchez dans votre deck une carte Énergie de base et attachez-la à l'un de vos Pokémon. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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
Mega Zygarde ex runs it in 10 of the 32 lists we have read, seen across 8 different tournaments.
A strength
No Weakness printed on the card. Nothing doubles up the damage it takes.
A strength
Mark I. 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

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
Deck	Lists	Tournaments	Printing listed
Mega Zygarde ex	10 of 32	8	BLK 81