Shrouded Fable

Dusknoir SFA 20/64

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Dusknoir SFA 20

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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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 SFA 20/64 there. Its illustration is signed danciao.
Which set does it come from?
It comes from the Shrouded Fable set, released here on 2 August 2024.

When it came out

Shrouded Fable landed here on 2 August 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 7 June 2024, under the code SV6a. That is 56 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

What the card itself says

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

HP
160
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
H
Number
20/64
Set
Shrouded FableSFASet guide
Illustrated by
danciao

Its Ability

Cursed BlastExplosion Maudite

Once during your turn, you may put 13 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. If you use this Ability, this Pokémon is Knocked Out.Une fois pendant votre tour, vous pouvez placer 13 marqueurs de dégâts sur l'un des Pokémon de votre adversaire. Si vous utilisez ce talent, ce Pokémon est mis K.O.

Its attacks

Shadow BindÉtreinte d'Ombre

150

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.Pendant le prochain tour de votre adversaire, le Pokémon Défenseur ne peut pas battre en retraite.

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

    It has an Ability, Cursed Blast. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. A strength

    Alakazam / Dusknoir runs it in 95 of the 95 lists we have read, seen across 57 different tournaments.

  3. A strength

    Mark H. It is one of the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J.

  4. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  5. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Dusclops to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 5,818 tournament lists we have read, 3,607 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on October 1, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

Every printing of Dusknoir plays the same way at a tournament. So the decks below count them all together, and the last column shows the one players wrote on their list.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Alakazam / Dusknoir95 of 9557PRE 37
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir83 of 8370PRE 37
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir75 of 7563PRE 37
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir69 of 6962PRE 37
Greninja ex69 of 7260PRE 37
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir47 of 4743PRE 37
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex34 of 5833PRE 37
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir30 of 3028PRE 37
Alakazam19 of 3611PRE 37
Toucannon15 of 5814PRE 37
Terapagos ex / Noctowl14 of 1914PRE 37
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex6 of 296PRE 37
Azumarill5 of 405PRE 37
Mega Greninja ex5 of 745PRE 37
Mega Zygarde ex5 of 365PRE 37
Bronzong4 of 274PRE 37
Ethan's Typhlosion4 of 744PRE 37
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex4 of 244PRE 37
Palafin ex4 of 454PRE 37
Hop's Zacian ex3 of 503PRE 37
Hydreigon ex3 of 693PRE 37
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce3 of 323PRE 37
Mega Lopunny ex3 of 293PRE 37
Archaludon ex2 of 302PRE 37
Cinderace ex2 of 62PRE 37
Slowking2 of 652PRE 37
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)2 of 582PRE 37
Blaziken ex1 of 221PRE 37
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex / Froslass1 of 641PRE 37
Mamoswine ex1 of 271PRE 37
Mega Chandelure ex1 of 711PRE 37
Mega Diancie ex1 of 141PRE 37
Steven's Metagross ex1 of 681PRE 37
Sylveon1 of 221PRE 37

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 17 Dusknoir cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Dusknoir card and its price