30th Celebration

Zoroark 30C 96/128

30CJPCommon
Zoroark 30C 96

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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 30C 96/128 there. Its illustration is signed Shiburingaru.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the 30th Celebration set, released here on 16 September 2026.

When it came out

30th Celebration landed here on 16 September 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 16 September 2026, under the code M6a. That is 0 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
1
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
J
Number
96/128
Set
30th Celebration30CSet guide
Illustrated by
Shiburingaru

Its Ability

Nighttime Bywayよるのぬけみち

As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, your Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost is ColorlessColorless less.このポケモンがベンチにいるかぎり、自分のバトルポケモンのにげるためのエネルギーは、2個ぶん少なくなる。

Its attacks

Slashing Clawスラッシュクロー

90

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, Nighttime Byway. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    Mega Greninja ex runs it in 1 of the 65 lists we have read, seen across 1 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 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
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Mega Greninja ex1 of 65130C 96