Pitch Black Set Guide

Overview

Pitch Black is the fifth main expansion of the Mega Evolution series. It has more Darkness Pokémon than any other type, 18 of them, with Psychic close behind at 17.

Six Mega Evolution ex are printed at Double Rare, the most of any 2026 main expansion: Mega Delphox ex, Mega Zeraora ex, Mega Slowbro ex, Mega Chandelure ex, Mega Darkrai ex and Mega Excadrill ex, plus Lurantis ex, Wailord ex, Rampardos ex and Morpeko ex as regular ex.

Cards and rarities

Pitch Black has 120 cards. Every card shows its number over the printed total along the bottom, as in "001/084", next to the set code PBL.

The printed total is 84, so the 36 cards from 085 to 120 are secret rares. Set completion in TurnZero HQ counts a set against its printed total and keeps the secret rares apart, so finishing the main set and chasing the cards above it read as two separate goals. How set completion works →

Headline Pokémon

The Mega Evolution ex to know first, each giving up three Prize cards when Knocked Out:

Mega Darkrai ex

Pitch Black #48

A Basic with 280 HP. Dusk Raid does 220 if any of your Benched Pokémon are damaged; Abyss Eye Knocks Out your opponent's Active Pokémon if it has a Special Condition.

Mega Zeraora ex

Pitch Black #27

A Basic with 270 HP. Thunderous Fist does 60 for each Lightning Energy attached; Zepto Turn does 150 and switches it out.

Mega Chandelure ex

Pitch Black #38

Binding Flame raises your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost by one, and Phantom Maze adds 50 damage for each Colorless in that cost.

Morpeko ex

Pitch Black #55

Wheely Draw shuffles your hand in and draws 6 for one Energy; Hangry Blaster grows with the damage on it.

Trainers worth knowing

Two of the Supporters only help Pokémon without a rule box, which pushes decks toward regular Pokémon rather than ex:

Gwynn

Pitch Black #78

Discard up to 2 Pokémon without a rule box from your hand and draw 3 cards for each.

Gladion's Final Battle

Pitch Black #77

Only playable as the last card in your hand. Your Pokémon without a rule box do 80 more damage to the Active Pokémon this turn.

Misty's Vitality

Pitch Black #80

Attaches up to 4 Basic Water Energy from your deck to one Pokémon, then ends your turn.

The chase card: Mega Darkrai ex

Mega Darkrai ex

Pitch Black #116

Rarity Special Illustration Rare

Card number 116/084

Market price, September 30, 2026 $165.78

Illustrator AKIRA EGAWA

Pitch Black's chase card is the Mega Darkrai ex Special Illustration Rare, illustrated by AKIRA EGAWA. At $165.78 on September 30 it was the set's most valuable card.

Unlike Chaos Rising, the Special Illustration Rare clearly leads the Mega Hyper Rare here: the gold Mega Darkrai ex (120) was $146.52, about $19 behind. Morpeko ex's Special Illustration Rare was a distant third at $69.77.

Mega Darkrai ex is printed four times in the set. The Double Rare was $0.67.

Every Mega Darkrai ex in Pitch Black

Only the exact version is worth its price. The number at the bottom of the card and the rarity symbol beside it tell you which one you pulled. Reading the number and rarity symbol →

Chase cards and prices

Mega Darkrai ex leads the chase in both of its top rarities. Morpeko ex's Special Illustration Rare was the third most valuable card at the end of September.

These are each card's headline TCGplayer market price on September 30, 2026. Prices can move a long way, most of all in a set's first months, so treat them as a snapshot. Each card's page shows today's price for every variant and its 90-day chart. How Pokémon card prices work →

What a complete set costs

One copy of every card in Pitch Black, bought as singles, cost $635.03 on September 30, 2026. That is the third most expensive of the five sets released in 2026.

The three most valuable cards, Mega Darkrai ex, Mega Darkrai ex and Morpeko ex, come to $382.07, or 60% of the total. Without them the set costs $252.96. Of the 120 cards, 94 were under $2.00, together $30.56; the other 26 add up to $604.47.

Each card is counted at its cheapest priced variant, a Normal copy rather than a Reverse Holofoil where both exist, at its TCGplayer market price. This is what it costs to buy the set as singles. It is not what opening packs returns, and not what a complete set would sell for, which after fees and the many cards worth cents would be noticeably less.

Playing it

Every Pitch Black card carries a J or I regulation mark, both legal in Standard since the April 10, 2026 rotation.

Jett, another Supporter here, draws a card for each Mega Evolution Pokémon ex your opponent has in play. It is a direct answer to the series' own headline cards, and it does nothing against a deck without them.

Standard, Expanded and deck building rules →

Frequently Asked Questions