Prismatic Evolutions
Dusknoir
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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.
- HP
- 160
- Type
- Psychic
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 3
- Weakness
- ×2
- Resistance
- -30
- Regulation mark
- H
Its Ability
Cursed Blast
Once during your turn, you may put 13 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. If you use this Ability, this Pokémon is Knocked Out.
Its attacks
Shadow Bind
150During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.
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 52 of the 52 lists we have read, seen across 20 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 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 1,987 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.
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 | 52 of 52 | 20 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir | 45 of 45 | 39 | 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 | 36 of 38 | 32 | PRE 37 |
| Jellicent ex / Dusknoir | 25 of 25 | 23 | PRE 37 |
| Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex | 24 of 30 | 24 | PRE 37 |
| Alakazam | 18 of 25 | 10 | PRE 37 |
| Terapagos ex / Noctowl | 14 of 17 | 14 | PRE 37 |
| mega-zygarde-ex | 5 of 18 | 5 | PRE 37 |
| Toucannon | 5 of 24 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex | 4 of 23 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| bronzong-tef | 4 of 26 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| Greninja ex / Blaziken ex | 4 of 19 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| other | 4 of 38 | 4 | PRE 37 |
| Azumarill | 3 of 32 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Hop's Zacian ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Greninja ex | 3 of 30 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Palafin ex | 3 of 34 | 3 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce | 2 of 28 | 2 | PRE 37 |
| Toxtricity | 2 of 33 | 2 | PRE 37 |
| Archaludon ex | 1 of 24 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Blaziken ex | 1 of 20 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Ethan's Typhlosion | 1 of 38 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| hydreigon-ex | 1 of 43 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| mamoswine-ex | 1 of 22 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Mega Chandelure ex | 1 of 34 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| mega-lopunny-ex | 1 of 15 | 1 | PRE 37 |
| Sylveon | 1 of 19 | 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.