Platinum
Banette PL 19/127
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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 PL 19/127 there. Its illustration is signed Tomokazu Komiya.
- Which set does it come from?
- It comes from the Platinum set, released here on 11 February 2009.
When it came out
Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.
What the card itself says
Its characteristics and effects in play, with the original text when available.
- HP
- 90
- Type
- Psychic
- Stage
- Stage 1
- Retreat cost
- 1
- Weakness
- +20
- Resistance
- -20
- Number
- 19/127
- Set
- PlatinumPL
- Illustrated by
- Tomokazu Komiya
The Korean text is not available yet. Text shown: English.
Its Ability
Temper Tantrum
Once during your turn (before your attack), you may discard as many cards as you like from your hand. If you do, put that many damage counters on Banette. This power can't be used if Banette is affected by a Special Condition.
Its attacks
Darkness Switch
Discard an Energy card attached to Banette, and then switch all damage counters on Banette with those on the Defending Pokémon. (If an effect of this attack is prevented, this attack does nothing.)
Loneliness
30+You may show your hand to your opponent. If you do and if you don't have any Pokémon in your hand, this attack does 30 damage plus 30 more damage.
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.
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 24 Banette cards on one page, priciest first.