Dusknoir
Dusknoir has appeared in several sets: Shrouded Fable (SFA 20) and Prismatic Evolutions (PRE 37). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.
What the card itself says
Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.
ITS ABILITY
ITS ATTACKS
What to make of it
Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.
WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT
- It has an Ability, Cursed Blast. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
- Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 46 of the 46 lists we have read, seen across 15 different tournaments.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.
- It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Dusclops to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,150 tournament lists we have read, 1,897 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.
What it costs
We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.
Who plays it
These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.
| Deck | Lists | Tournaments | Printing listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alakazam / Dusknoir | 46 of 46 | 15 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 44 of 44 | 38 | PRE 37 |
| Dragapult ex / Dusknoir | 41 of 41 | 38 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir | 41 of 41 | 35 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir | 37 of 37 | 34 | PRE 37 |
| Greninja ex | 35 of 37 | 31 | PRE 37 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 24 of 24 | 22 | PRE 37 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 24 of 29 | 24 | PRE 37 |
| Alakazam | 18 of 25 | 10 | PRE 37 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 14 of 17 | 14 | PRE 37 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 5 of 17 | 5 | PRE 37 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 4 of 23 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| bronzong-tef | 4 of 25 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 4 of 19 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| Toucannon | 4 of 23 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Azumarill | 3 of 31 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 3 of 32 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 3 of 30 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| other | 3 of 37 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Palafin ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 27 | 2 | PRE 37 |
| Toxtricity | 2 of 29 | 2 | PRE 37 |
| Archaludon ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 1 of 36 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| mamoswine-ex | 1 of 21 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 1 of 33 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Sylveon | 1 of 18 | 1 | PRE 37 |
When it came out
Prismatic Evolutions landed here on 17 January 2025.
In Japan these cards were already in shops on 6 December 2024, under the code SV8a. That is 42 days ahead of us.
The other cards of this Pokémon
Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 17 Dusknoir cards on one page, priciest first.
Where to find it
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