How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 48/84 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.

Which set does it come from?

It comes from the Pitch Black set, released here on 17 July 2026.

Pitch Black

Mega Darkrai ex PBL 48/84

PBLFRDouble rare

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€0.25

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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 48/84 there. Its illustration is signed 5ban Graphics.
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: 280
Type: Darkness
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 2
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 48/84
Set: Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its attacks

Dusk RaidRaid Crépusculaire

110+

If your Benched Pokémon have any damage counters on them, this attack does 110 more damage.Si au moins un marqueur de dégâts est placé sur vos Pokémon de Banc, cette attaque inflige 110 dégâts supplémentaires.

Abyss EyeŒil Abyssal

If your opponent's Active Pokémon is affected by a Special Condition, it is Knocked Out.Si le Pokémon Actif de votre adversaire est affecté par un État Spécial, il est mis K.O.

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 Darkrai ex runs it in 54 of the 54 lists we have read, seen across 48 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 J. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.
Keep in mind
It is a Mega Evolution ex, and that is the most expensive rule in the game. The turn it goes down your opponent takes 3 Prizes instead of one. They need six to win, so 2 knockouts on this card are enough. Send it out knowing that.
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

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 Darkrai ex	54 of 54	48	PBL 48
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)	30 of 56	28	PBL 48
Mega Gengar ex	5 of 28	5	PBL 48
Toxtricity	5 of 59	5	PBL 48
Toxtricity / Brute Bonnet	4 of 7	4	PBL 48
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex	1 of 54	1	PBL 48
Mega Venusaur ex	1 of 69	1	PBL 48
Team Rocket's Nidoking ex	1 of 24	1	PBL 48

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 35 Darkrai cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Darkrai card and its price