Pitch Black

Sinistcha

PBLFR6· Uncommon
Sinistcha PBL 6

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
60
Type
Grass
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
J
Number
6/84
Set
Pitch BlackPBLSet guide
Illustrated by
mingo

Its Ability

Hide 'n' SneakCachette en Douce

Prevent all effects of your opponent's Pokémon's attacks and Abilities done to this Pokémon. (Damage is not an effect.)Évitez tous les effets des attaques et des talents des Pokémon de votre adversaire infligés à ce Pokémon. (Les dégâts ne sont pas un effet.)

Its attacks

Matcha SpinPirouette Matcha

If you have 6 or more Pokémon that have the Hide 'n' Sneak Ability in your discard pile, place 4 damage counters on each of your opponent's Pokémon.Si vous avez au moins 6 Pokémon ayant le talent Cachette en Douce dans votre pile de défausse, placez 4 marqueurs de dégâts sur chacun des Pokémon 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

    It has an Ability, Hide 'n' Sneak. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Dhelmise runs it in 42 of the 42 lists we have read, seen across 40 different tournaments.

  4. A strength

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

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire ×2. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 914 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 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
Dhelmise42 of 4240PBL 6

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

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 5 Sinistcha cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Sinistcha card and its price