Neo Destiny

Dark Pupitar

N438· Uncommon
Dark Pupitar N4 38

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What the card itself says

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HP
60
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Number
38/105
Set
Neo DestinyN4
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its attacks

Rock Tackle

40

Dark Pupitar does 10 damage to itself. Dark Pupitar can't use this attack during your next turn.

Explosive Evolution

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance. Then, search your deck for an Evolution card named Dark Tyranitar and put it on Dark Pupitar. (This counts as evolving Dark Pupitar.) Shuffle your deck afterward.

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 3,811 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 Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 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

Neo Destiny landed here on 28 February 2002.

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 27 Pupitar cards on one page, priciest first.

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