How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read BLK 161/86 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.

Which set does it come from?

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

Black Bolt

Genesect ex BLK 161/86

BLKFRUltra Rare

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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 BLK 161/86 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.
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.

HP: 220
Type: Metal
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Resistance: -30
Regulation mark: I
Number: 161/86
Set: Black BoltBLKSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its Ability

Metallic SignalSignal Métallique

Once during your turn, you may search your deck for up to 2 Evolution Pokémon, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.Une fois pendant votre tour, vous pouvez chercher dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 Pokémon Évolutifs, les montrer, puis les ajouter à votre main. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

Its attacks

Protect ChargeRecharge Protectrice

150

During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 30 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance).Pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire, ce Pokémon subit 30 dégâts de moins provenant des attaques (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance).

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
220 HP. Only 4 cards in Black Bolt carry more.
A strength
It has an Ability, Metallic Signal. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
Steven's Metagross ex runs it in 64 of the 64 lists we have read, seen across 61 different tournaments.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
A strength
Mark I. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
It is an ex card. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 2 Prizes instead of one, and games do turn on exactly that.
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 Genesect ex 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
Steven's Metagross ex	64 of 64	61	BLK 67
Mega Excadrill ex	56 of 56	47	BLK 67
Cinccino ex	48 of 49	41	BLK 67
Metagross	45 of 45	43	BLK 67
Doublade	43 of 43	41	BLK 67
Scizor ex	13 of 13	13	BLK 67
Archaludon ex	8 of 30	8	BLK 67
Mega Froslass ex	5 of 43	5	BLK 67
Hydreigon ex	3 of 65	3	BLK 67
Archaludon ex / Dudunsparce	2 of 35	2	BLK 67
Hop's Zacian ex	1 of 48	1	BLK 67
Mega Diancie ex	1 of 12	1	BLK 67

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 25 Genesect cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Genesect card and its price