Pitch Black

Malamar PBL 52/84

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Malamar PBL 52

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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 PBL 52/84 there. Its illustration is signed Naoki Saito.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

When it came out

Pitch Black landed here on 17 July 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 22 May 2026, under the code M5. That is 56 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
120
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
J
Number
52/84
Set
Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by
Naoki Saito

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

Its attacks

Perplex

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused.

Brain Crush

130

If your opponent's Active Pokémon isn't Confused, this attack does nothing.

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

    Brain Crush hits for 130 on 1 Energy. Nothing in Pitch Black hits harder for that price.

  2. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,412 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

The other cards of this Pokémon

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