Pitch Black

Marshadow PBL 40/84

PBLFRUncommon
Marshadow PBL 40

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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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 40/84 there. Its illustration is signed Nakamura Ippan.
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
90
Type
Psychic
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
J
Number
40/84
Set
Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by
Nakamura Ippan

Its attacks

Shadowy KnotNœud Sombre

30×

This attack does 30 damage for each in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost.Cette attaque inflige 30 dégâts pour chaque dans le Coût de Retraite du Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire.

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

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    Mega Zygarde ex runs it in 1 of the 32 lists we have read, seen across 1 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

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

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,392 tournament lists we have read, 3,349 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Zygarde ex1 of 321PBL 40

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 17 Marshadow cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Marshadow card and its price