Zekrom ex 166 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Zekrom ex 166
Brand: Pokémon
Author: danciao

This card has 230 HP, a top attack printed at 130 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Lightning · Basic ex · Black Bolt · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Zekrom ex 166 do in a game?

Zekrom ex 166 is a Lightning Pokémon card with 230 HP, printed as Basic ex.

Its strongest attack, Voltage Burst, is printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 115 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Lightning Basic ex Special Illustration Rare (SIR)Regulation I Unlimited and Standard and Expanded #644 Zekrom

Zekrom ex 166Black Bolt

230 HP · Lightning · Basic ex · retreat 2 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage13043 per Energy Voltage Burst130 damage for 3 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points230 HP6.6% of 17,290 in the 190~230 band

Printed damage1309.0% of 16,246 in the 130~180 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyAbove typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 43 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackSpecial Illustration Rare (SIR)Black Bolt38 printsranked among ex cardsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic ex

Regulation markI

RaritySpecial Illustration Rare (SIR)

SetBlack Bolt

Card number166

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$288.50Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by115 damage230 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup3 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it387 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name38 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line33 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #644 Where it can be playedUnlimited and Standard and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Zekrom ex 166 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Hit points — top 7.0% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Zekrom ex 166 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	93.0%	230 HP
Top printed damage	86.4%	130 damage
Energy efficiency	85.3%	43 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2ESlash25 damage per Energy card50damage
3EVoltage Burst43 damage per Energy card · has printed text130damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 1,070of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 1,070 at 230 HP.

Lightning cardsNo. 100of 1,520 by printed HP ex cardsNo. 511of 942 by printed HP

This cardZekrom ex 166Black Bolt230 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 150 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Zekrom ex 166

Hit points 230 HP puts it in the 190~230 band, where 6.6% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 43 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 115 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 6 of the 34 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Zekrom ex 166 at a glance

What it is. A Lightning Pokémon card with 230 HP printed as Basic ex, printed in Black Bolt.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 130 damage for 3 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 115 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only, and it carries regulation mark I.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Zekrom ex 166 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 3 Energy and returns 130 damage, which is 43 damage for every Energy card attached.

Zekrom ex 166 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Slash	2 Colorless	2	50	25	No extra effect.
Voltage Burst	2 Lightning + 1 Colorless	3	130+	43	This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Slash2 Energy cards

Voltage Burst3 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Slash 2 Energy50 damage for 2 Energy — 25 per Energy card50
Voltage Burst 3 Energy130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 per Energy card130

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (130).

Why one of these damage figures carries a symbol

A number on a Pokémon card is not always the number that lands.

Voltage Burst is printed as 130+, so the printed number is a floor — the attack deals at least that much, and the sentence beside it says what adds to it.

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How does Zekrom ex 166 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Zekrom ex 166 — Black Bolt — Zekrom exBlack Bolt 166

No.1,070by HP in the archive

Zekrom ex 166 prints 230 HP, which puts it at number 1,070 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

86% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 6%Where it sits on printed HP

This card230 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest ex card380 HP
Strongest Zekrom ex printed230 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 230 HP, which is 61% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~12033.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~230 — this card6.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 230 HP.

Cards in the 190~230 band typically print 132 damage and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230 — this card	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~12021.8%3,535 cards

130~180 — this card9.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 130.

Cards in the 130~180 band typically have 198 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180 — this card	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 7of 162

That is where Zekrom ex 166 stands highest on HP — number 7 of 162 cards in Black Bolt. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 1,070 of 17,290 by HP · No. 1,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 11% on damage
Lightning cards — 1,520 cards No. 100 of 1,520 by HP · No. 216 of 1,461 by damage · top by HP: Mega Eelektross ex, 350

top 15% on damage
ex cards — 942 cards No. 511 of 942 by HP · No. 491 of 906 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 54% on damage
Black Bolt — 172 cards No. 7 of 162 by HP · No. 20 of 153 by damage · top by HP: Serperior ex, 320

top 12% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 230 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 230
Top printed damage 130 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 130

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards printed as ex

942 on record

Cards in the same HP band

1,148 of 17,290 (6.6%)

Cards with this much printed damage

1,461 of 16,246 (9.0%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Zekrom ex 166 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 130 damage attack that needs 3 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Zekrom ex 166 — this card43.0130 damage for 3 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 43.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Zekrom ex 166 — this card	43.0	130 damage for 3 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsSlash 50 / 2Voltage Burst 130 / 3

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Zekrom ex 166.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Slash	—	25	—
Voltage Burst	—	43	—

This card, per Energy card

43 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

+10.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 130 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Zekrom ex 166 strong for a ex card?

ex cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points230 HPtypical for the group is 243 HP — this card is 5% below

Top printed damage130 damagetypical for the group is 144 damage — this card is 10% below

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 2 Energy — this card is 0% above

The group is every ex card in the archive — 942 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Lightning card do for Zekrom ex 166?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 115 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Zekrom ex 166 · Basic ex 230 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 130 damage.

Takes double from this card 2,435 cards in groups that print a Lightning weakness Against Water, printed damage from this card counts double.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightning — this cardmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darknessmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning — this card	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Lightningweak to Fighting

Waterweak to Lightning

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Lightning weakness.

What being a Lightning card is worth

Groups that most often print a Lightning weakness: Water (2,435 cards). Against those, this card's printed damage counts double. Going the other way, Lightning cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Zekrom ex 166 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 115 printed damage rather than 230.

Cards that remove it in one attack

387

Cards it removes in one attack

2,298

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

115

Counted across the whole card archive. 230 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMega Hawlucha exAscended Heroes 116120 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 115 printed damage is enough
120 damage becomes 240 against this card

This cardZekrom ex 166Black Bolt 166230 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 386 cards in the archive that can remove Zekrom ex 166 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 120 printed damage against a bar of 115. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Zekrom exweak to Fighting ×2

Read from the weakness printed in the lower-left corner of the card.

Fighting cards that remove Zekrom ex in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

230 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 115 damage or more is enough. 387 cards in the archive clear that bar.

260 HP Mandibuzz ex [139]

260 HP Mega Skarmory ex [55]

260 HP Mega Skarmory ex [106]

260 HP Dondozo ex [66]

260 HP Dondozo ex [211]

260 HP Kilowattrel ex [68]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

2,298 cards in the archive are weak to Lightning and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Zekrom as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Zekrom ex 166 is one print of Zekrom. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Zekrom has been printed 38 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Zekrom cards ever printedPokédex #644Prints on record 38Toughest print 270 HPThis card 230 HP

38prints

Legal in Standard6Older prints, not in Standard32

Every Zekrom print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Zekrom printed is 270 HP, and this card is 85.2% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 222/236the toughest Zekrom ever printedSM - Cosmic Eclipse270 HP
Zekrom ex 166against that record85.2% of the record230 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Zekrom print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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What has to be in play before Zekrom ex 166 can be?

Zekrom ex evolves from an earlier stage, so the whole line has to be built before this card reaches the field.

The Zekrom line, oldest stage firstPokédex #644

Zekrom14 prints on record · Celebrations: Classic Collection

+100 HP

Zekrom ex4 prints on record · Next Destinies

Zekrom → Zekrom ex

The line runs 2 stages, so the first card has to be in play 1 turn before this one can be.
Every print in the line shares Pokédex number 644.

1ZekromHardest attack printed at this stage: 150 damage130 HP
2Zekrom exHardest attack printed at this stage: 130 damage. Evolving here adds 100 HP over the stage before it230 HP

Bars are the highest HP ever printed on that stage, measured against the top of this line (230 HP). The note beside each bar is the hardest attack printed at that stage.

Every print of a stage is counted, not just the one shown in the chain above, so the bar is the ceiling that stage has reached rather than one card from it.

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Is this the strongest Zekrom print, and can the older ones still be played?

38 prints carry this name in the archive, and 34 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (270 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

34 rows are shown of the 38 prints counted under this name.

Zekrom prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 222/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 259/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Reshiram & Zekrom-GX 157/236	SM - Cosmic Eclipse	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX 184/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX SM168	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX 162/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Pikachu & Zekrom-GX 33/181	SM - Team Up	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom ex 172/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zekrom ex 166/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zekrom ex 034/086	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zekrom ex 158/086	SV: Black Bolt	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zekrom-EX 97/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom-EX 51/99	Next Destinies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom-GX SM138	SM Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom-EX 52/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom-EX BW38	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 115/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 114/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 039/116	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 114/114	Celebrations: Classic Collection	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom TG05/TG30	SWSH09: Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 050/099	Deck Exclusives	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom BW24	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 47/114	Black and White	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom BW005	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 51/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
N's Zekrom 155/217	Prize Pack Series Cards	Mark I	Legal in Standard
Zekrom 060/185	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 066/182	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Zekrom 46/70	Dragon Majesty	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 64/108	XY - Roaring Skies	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 35/73	Shining Legends	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom 010/025	Celebrations	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Zekrom XY76	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard

6 of the 34 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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What can you use instead of Zekrom ex 166?

Every card below asks a deck for the same kind of slot, so the comparison is between what they print, not what they cost.

Cards that fill the same slot as Zekrom ex 166
Card	Set	HP	Top damage	Retreat
Pikachu ex	Ascended Heroes	200	120	1
Zekrom ex	Black Bolt	230	130	2
Pikachu ex	Ascended Heroes	200	300	1
Pikachu ex	Surging Sparks	200	300	1
Jolteon ex	Prismatic Evolutions	260	280	0
Zapdos ex	151	200	120	2

This card itself is 230 HP, 130 top damage and 2 retreat, and every card here is Lightning like it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Zekrom ex 166 in Black Bolt?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

270 Excadrill ex [160]

220 Genesect ex [161]

Fennel [162]

N's Plan [163]

320 Serperior ex [164]

230 Kyurem ex [165]

200 Meloetta ex [167]

270 Excadrill ex [168]

220 Genesect ex [169]

N's Plan [170]

80 Victini [171]

230 Zekrom ex [172]

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #166 in Black Bolt. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Zekrom ex 166, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

The rule printed on this card

“Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.”

Prize cards your opponent takes when it is knocked out

Every knockout carries the opponent 2 steps closer to winning, and that is the cost of putting this card on the field whatever it cost to buy.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Zekrom ex 166
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Zekrom ex 166 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Legal	Can be played in this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play. It carries regulation mark I, printed next to the card number. It was released on July 18, 2025.

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Which generation of cards does Zekrom ex 166 belong to?

The single letter printed beside the card number groups a card with everything issued under the same rules. Tournament formats are cut along those letters, so the size of a letter is the size of the pool a card sits in.

Cards carrying each regulation mark

Mark Dtypically 133 HP · 84 damage15.4%1,261 cards

Mark Etypically 150 HP · 87 damage14.7%1,202 cards

Mark Ftypically 142 HP · 88 damage14.4%1,180 cards

Mark Gtypically 124 HP · 80 damage19.9%1,634 cards

Mark Htypically 132 HP · 88 damage15.7%1,283 cards

Mark I — this cardtypically 134 HP · 80 damage14.8%1,215 cards

Mark Jtypically 148 HP · 86 damage5.1%419 cards

8,194 cards in the archive carry a regulation mark. Older prints carry none at all, so this is not the whole archive.

The regulation mark is the single letter recorded with each modern card. Older prints carry no mark at all, so this axis covers only the part of the archive that has one.

Cards carrying each regulation mark
Group	Share	Value
Mark D	15.4%	1,261 cards
Mark E	14.7%	1,202 cards
Mark F	14.4%	1,180 cards
Mark G	19.9%	1,634 cards
Mark H	15.7%	1,283 cards
Mark I — this card	14.8%	1,215 cards
Mark J	5.1%	419 cards

This card

Mark I

Cards sharing that mark

1,215

Typical HP for the mark

134 (this card 230)

Typical damage for the mark

80 (this card 130)

Counted from the mark printed beside the card number.

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Zekrom ex 166 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Voltage Burst, needs 3 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 3 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 43 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 1,070 of 17,290

Lightning cardsNo. 100 of 1,520

ex cardsNo. 511 of 942

Black BoltNo. 7 of 162

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 115 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 230 HP.
387 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 2,298 cards in one attack.

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Zekrom ex 166 card record

Zekrom ex 166 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	230 HP	Type	Lightning
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic ex	Regulation mark	Mark I
Pokédex number	#644	Set	Black Bolt
Card number	166 of 86	Series	Scarlet & Violet
Released	July 18, 2025	Rarity	Special Illustration Rare (SIR)
Illustrator	danciao
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Standard and Expanded only
Printed rule	Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Zekrom ex 166 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$288.50

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One figure only — the price record, the daily chart and the marketplaces live on the price page.

Zekrom ex 166 priceOne year of daily prices, every print variant, and where to buy it.Open the price page

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Zekrom ex 166 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Zekrom ex 166?

Zekrom ex 166 has 230 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 115 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 230.

What is the strongest attack on Zekrom ex 166?

Voltage Burst, printed at 130 damage for 3 Energy — 43 damage per Energy card. This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself.

What is the retreat cost of Zekrom ex 166?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

What does the + after the damage on Voltage Burst mean?

It marks the damage as conditional: the printed figure is the least it can deal, and the sentence on the card says what is added to it. The full sentence is printed on the card and quoted in the attack table on this page — "This attack does 50 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. This Pokémon also does 30 damage to itself."

Can an older Zekrom print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 34 prints listed on this page, 6 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Zekrom ex 166 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Standard and Expanded play, and it carries regulation mark I. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

What does the rule on Zekrom ex 166 mean?

The card reads “Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.” That sentence is printed on the card itself, so it applies wherever the card is played.

Does this page say how good Zekrom ex 166 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Zekrom ex 166 — what does this card actually do?

What does Zekrom ex 166 do in a game?

Zekrom ex 166 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Zekrom ex 166 at a glance

What do the attacks on Zekrom ex 166 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Zekrom ex 166 compare with every other card?

Is Zekrom ex 166 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Zekrom ex 166 strong for a ex card?

What does being a Lightning card do for Zekrom ex 166?

What knocks out Zekrom ex 166 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Zekrom as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

What has to be in play before Zekrom ex 166 can be?

Is this the strongest Zekrom print, and can the older ones still be played?

What can you use instead of Zekrom ex 166?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Zekrom ex 166?

What was printed next to Zekrom ex 166 in Black Bolt?

Which rules apply to Zekrom ex 166, and where can it be played?

Which generation of cards does Zekrom ex 166 belong to?

Zekrom ex 166 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Zekrom ex 166 card record

What does Zekrom ex 166 cost?

Zekrom ex 166 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Zekrom ex 166?

What is the strongest attack on Zekrom ex 166?

What is the retreat cost of Zekrom ex 166?

What does the + after the damage on Voltage Burst mean?

Can an older Zekrom print be played in a tournament?

Can Zekrom ex 166 be played in a tournament?

What does the rule on Zekrom ex 166 mean?

Does this page say how good Zekrom ex 166 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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