Darkness Ablaze
Vanilluxe
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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
- 150
- Type
- Water
- Stage
- Stage 2
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Weakness
- ×2
- Regulation mark
- D
Its Ability
Bitter Cold
Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Its attacks
Frost Smash
90What 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, Bitter Cold. 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 3,240 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 Vanillish to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
- Weakness Metal ×2. Against a Metal Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,240 tournament lists we have read, 474 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
- Mark D, and that letter has already left the format. You can still play it at home, or keep it in your binder. In a Standard tournament, no: the letters allowed today are H, I, and J.
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 10 Vanilluxe cards on one page, priciest first.