Pokémon · Sun & Moon
Blacephalon
Unbroken Bonds · #32 · Rare · 2019
Listings
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Market reference
$5.52
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 32 / 234
- Release year
- 2019
- Rarity
- Rare
- HP
- 120
- Subtype
- Basic · Ultra Beast
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Illustrator
- kawayoo
- Pokédex #
- 806
- Series
- Sun & Moon
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 50 damage
- 16.67 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Basic
- Plays straight down — no evolution needed
Strategy & play
How Blacephalon 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 (Fireball Circus) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥60 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
How to beat Blacephalon
- Exploit its Water weakness — ≥60 damage one-shots it.
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
More by kawayoo
This card was illustrated by kawayoo.
Building around Blacephalon?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"It slithers toward people. Then, without warning, it triggers the explosion of its own head. It's apparently one kind of Ultra Beast."
RBlazer — 10+
Turn 1 of your face-down Prize cards face up. If it's a Fire Energy card, this attack does 50 more damage. (That Prize card remains face up for the rest of the game.)
RRRFireball Circus — 50×
Discard any number of Fire Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 50 damage for each card you discarded in this way.
Weakness:W×2
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Blacephalon was legal.
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 2026/07/17| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | $3.76 | $5.29 | $52.10 | $5.52 | $6.97 |
| Reverse Holofoil | $4.76 | $6.29 | $57.46 | $6.26 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/03/12| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.98 |
| 7-day average | €4.46 |
| 30-day average | €3.86 |
| Low | €0.03 |
| Trend price | €4.43 |
| Low (excellent+) | €1.59 |
| Reverse holo low | €3.00 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €8.46 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €6.71 |
| reverseHoloSell | €7.82 |
| averageSellPrice | €3.62 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €4.59 |
| Reverse holo trend | €6.60 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Blacephalon is real?
Blacephalon 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 Blacephalon worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Blacephalon is $5.52; 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 Blacephalon from?
Blacephalon is from the Pokémon set "Unbroken Bonds" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.
What rarity is Blacephalon?
Blacephalon is a Rare card in the Unbroken Bonds set.
Other Blacephalon printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
