Zekrom ex 172/086

Set: Black Bolt Released: Jun 6, 2025
Pokémon: Zekrom Lightning Type Black White Rare Illustrator: takuyoa Pull Rate: 1 in 992 packs (0.1%)

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Zekrom ex #172/086 FAQs: Price, Grading & Collecting

Answers about Zekrom ex #172/086 from Black Bolt — live market value, pull rates, PSA grading returns and tournament legality.

Over the last 30 days, an ungraded Zekrom ex has moved up 2.6% to $625.23. PSA 10 copies are down 1.4% over the same period.

Zekrom ex #172/086 appears roughly 1 in 992 packs, which works out at 0.1% per pack. That makes it one of the harder cards to pull from Black Bolt.

Zekrom ex #172/086 is a Black White Rare, one of the higher rarity tiers in Black Bolt.

At $625.23 raw, you need a PSA 10 to profit. A PSA 10 sells for $1,460.85, giving a net return of +$617.71 after grading costs and selling fees. PSA 9 returns −$203.48 and PSA 8 returns −$192.75, so anything below a 10 loses money on this card.

PSA have graded 12,267 copies of Zekrom ex #172/086, of which 6,239 came back as PSA 10. That is a gem rate of 50.9%, or roughly 1 in 2.0 graded copies.

No. At a 50.9% gem rate, Zekrom ex grades better than the Black Bolt average by 12.9 points. Most submitted copies come back clean.

Zekrom ex #172/086 was illustrated by takuyoa, who has illustrated 178 Pokémon cards in total.

Zekrom ex #172/086 carries regulation mark I and is currently legal in Standard, legal in Expanded and legal in Unlimited.

Zekrom ex #172/086 was released on 18 July 2025 as part of Black Bolt. It belongs to the Modern era and features a Generation 5 Pokémon from the Unova region.