How can you tell your card is this one?

Look at the bottom of your card: you should read PBL 27/84 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 Zeraora ex PBL 27/84

PBLJPDouble rare

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 27/84 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: 270
Type: Lightning
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Regulation mark: J
Number: 27/84
Set: Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by: 5ban Graphics

Its attacks

Thunderous Fistサンダーフィスト

60×

This attack does 60 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon.このポケモンについているエネルギーの数×60ダメージ。

Zepto Turnゼプトターン

150

Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.このポケモンをベンチポケモンと入れ替える。

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
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.
A strength
Eelektrik runs it in 19 of the 37 lists we have read, seen across 19 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 Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,384 tournament lists we have read, 1,210 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
Eelektrik	19 of 37	19	PBL 27
Iono's Bellibolt ex	16 of 39	16	PBL 27
Joltik	4 of 36	4	PBL 27
Mega Manectric ex / Eelektrik	2 of 66	2	PBL 27
Mega Manectric ex	1 of 8	1	PBL 27
Mega Zygarde ex	1 of 32	1	PBL 27

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 28 Zeraora cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Zeraora card and its price