Kyurem ex 165/86 · Black Bolt

Black Bolt is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. Kyurem ex is 165/86, in position 164 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 164 Serperior ex, and after it is 166 Zekrom ex. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Special Illustration Rare.

Kyurem ex is a Basic ex Water Pokémon with 230 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kyurem (#646), generation 5 (Unova).

chibi illustrated this card. The same name is on 40 other cards in the catalog.

Kyurem (#646) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Kyurem-EX BW37/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card is named Kyurem-EX, while this one is Kyurem ex. That card lists 180 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Special Illustration Rare. Shizurow illustrated that card, and chibi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 45 other cards of Kyurem list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Blizzard Burst is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. This attack also does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon for each Prize card your opponent has taken. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Black Bolt, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black Bolt set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Kyurem can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Winter: Ice Pokémon, Special Illustration Rares, and Box-art legendaries. I still need this card.