Team Rocket

Dark Machoke

RO40· Uncommon
Dark Machoke RO 40

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What the card itself says

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HP
60
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Number
40/82
Set
Team RocketRO
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Drag Off

20

Before doing damage, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. Do the damage to the new Defending Pokémon. This attack can't be used if your opponent has no Benched Pokémon.

Knock Back

30

If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the 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. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,810 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.

  2. Keep in mind

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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 landed here on 24 April 2000.

Every set, with both of its dates

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