Diamond & Pearl
Shiftry
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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
- 120
- Type
- Darkness
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- +30
- Resistance
- -20
Its Ability
Darkness Fan
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 Evolved Pokémon on your opponent's Bench, remove the highest Stage Evolution card from that Pokémon, and put it back into his or her hand. This power can't be used if Shiftry is affected by a Special Condition.
Its attacks
Spirit Dance
50+Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage for each heads.
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, Darkness Fan. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR
- None of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.
- It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Nuzleaf to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Fighting +30. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,299 tournament lists we have read, 760 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
Who plays it
None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.
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 23 Shiftry cards on one page, priciest first.