Team Rocket Returns

Dark Golduck

TRFR35· Uncommon
Dark Golduck TR 35

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
WaterDarkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
35/109
Set
Team Rocket ReturnsTR
Illustrated by
Nakaoka

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Its attacks

Darkness Shield

20

Flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to each of your Active Pokémon during your opponent's next turn.

Cold Crush

40

You may discard an Energy card attached to Dark Golduck. If you do, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon.

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. Keep in mind

    None of the 4,426 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 4,426 tournament lists we have read, 362 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.

When it came out

Team Rocket Returns landed here on 1 November 2004.

Every set, with both of its dates

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 26 Golduck cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Golduck card and its price