Dragon

Absol DR 1/97

DRFRHolo Rare
Absol DR 1

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

Versions of this card

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What you might be wondering about this card

How can you tell your card is this one?
Look at the bottom of your card: you should read DR 1/97 there. Its illustration is signed Naoyo Kimura.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Dragon set, released here on 24 November 2003.

When it came out

Dragon landed here on 24 November 2003.

Every set, with both of its dates

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What the card itself says

Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.

HP
70
Type
Darkness
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
1/97
Set
DragonDR
Illustrated by
Naoyo Kimura

Its attacks

Bad NewsMauvaises nouvelles

If the number of cards in your opponent's hand is at least 6, choose a number of cards there, without looking, until your opponent has 5 cards left. Have your opponent discard the cards you chose.Si votre adversaire a au moins six cartes en main, choisissez sans regarder suffisamment de cartes pour qu'il ne lui reste plus que cinq cartes. Votre adversaire défausse les cartes que vous avez choisi.

Prize CountCompteur de Récompense

20+

If you have more Prize cards left than your opponent, this attack does 20 damage plus 20 more damage.S'il vous reste plus de cartes Récompense que votre adversaire, cette attaque inflige 40 dégâts.

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.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 5,620 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fighting ×2. Against a Fighting Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,620 tournament lists we have read, 1,261 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 30 Absol cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Absol card and its price