Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Zekrom ex
Black Bolt · #172 · Black White Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$555.64
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 172 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Black White Rare
- HP
- 230
- Subtype
- Basic · ex
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- I
- Illustrator
- takuyoa
- Pokédex #
- 644
- Series
- Scarlet & Violet
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 130 damage
- 43.33 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 2 Prizes given up
- Two-prize Pokémon — a single KO swings the prize race
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Zekrom ex plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- A Basic — hits the board turn 1 with no evolution tax.
- Its main attack (Voltage Burst) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 130 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Lightning Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Lightning type, weak to Fighting ×2 — a Fighting attacker doing ≥115 effectively one-shots it.
- A two-prize Pokémon — each KO gives the opponent 2 Prizes, so a single bad trade can lose the race. Back it with single-prize attackers.
How to beat Zekrom ex
- Exploit its Fighting weakness — ≥115 damage one-shots it.
- It gives up 2 Prizes — out-trade it with single-prize attackers.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 0% of decks
- 1.02 copies on average · 47 decks
- Match win rate
- 33.5%
- -13.7 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by takuyoa
This card was illustrated by takuyoa.
Building around Zekrom ex?
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About this card
CCSlash — 50
LLCVoltage Burst — 130+
This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.
Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.
Weakness:F×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
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Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/09| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $539.99 | $650.00 | $2,000.00 | $555.64 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €362.50 |
| 7-day average | €525.33 |
| 30-day average | €501.98 |
| Low | €235.00 |
| Trend price | €551.90 |
| Low (excellent+) | €235.00 |
| averageSellPrice | €503.03 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Zekrom ex is real?
Zekrom ex is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Zekrom ex worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Zekrom ex is $555.64; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Zekrom ex from?
Zekrom ex is from the Pokémon set "Black Bolt" in the Scarlet & Violet series, released in 2025.
What rarity is Zekrom ex?
Zekrom ex is a Black White Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Zekrom ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
