Pokémon · Scarlet & Violet
Zekrom ex
Black Bolt · #34 · Double Rare · 2025
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Market reference
$0.62
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 34 / 172
- Release year
- 2025
- Rarity
- Double 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
- 1.04 copies on average · 50 decks
- Match win rate
- 31.3%
- -16.0 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.
More by takuyoa
This card was illustrated by takuyoa.
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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.
Upcoming events
View calendar →Tournaments and releases relevant to Zekrom ex or Black Bolt.
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Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Zekrom ex was legal.
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SEASAC League Challenge #11 (SEASON 4) [50 CODES]
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OceanicTournamentSeries2026 19/20
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Tournament play
Decklist data from the past 30 days of competitive Pokémon TCG tournaments (sourced from Limitless TCG).
Recent decks
9
ran Zekrom ex
Tournaments scanned
305
past 30 days
Competitive note
Occasional competitive appearance.
Top decks running Zekrom ex
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 | $0.01 | $0.84 | $75.00 | $0.62 | $0.42 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/02/21| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €0.50 |
| 7-day average | €0.50 |
| 30-day average | €0.51 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €0.50 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.05 |
| averageSellPrice | €0.52 |
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 $0.62; 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 Double Rare card in the Black Bolt set.
Other Zekrom ex printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
