Shrouded Fable

Dusknoir

SFA20· Rare
Dusknoir SFA 20

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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 Blast

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.

Its attacks

Shadow Bind

150

During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat.

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 65 of the 65 lists we have read, seen across 32 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 3,810 tournament lists we have read, 2,312 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Standard format: source checked on September 22, 2026. TCGdex

Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Alakazam / Dusknoir65 of 6532PRE 37
Mega Starmie ex / Dusknoir49 of 4943PRE 37
Mega Lopunny ex / Dusknoir46 of 4640PRE 37
Dragapult ex / Dusknoir45 of 4542PRE 37
Greninja ex40 of 4236PRE 37
Mega Diancie ex / Dusknoir38 of 3835PRE 37
Jellicent ex / Dusknoir27 of 2725PRE 37
Marnie's Grimmsnarl ex26 of 3726PRE 37
Alakazam18 of 2810PRE 37
Terapagos ex / Noctowl14 of 1914PRE 37
Archaludon ex / N's Zoroark ex5 of 265PRE 37
Mega Zygarde ex5 of 265PRE 37
Toucannon5 of 254PRE 37
Bronzong4 of 274PRE 37
Greninja ex / Blaziken ex4 of 244PRE 37
Azumarill3 of 343PRE 37
Hop's Zacian ex3 of 393PRE 37
Mega Froslass ex / Dudunsparce3 of 303PRE 37
Mega Greninja ex3 of 383PRE 37
Palafin ex3 of 363PRE 37
Archaludon ex2 of 282PRE 37
Cinderace ex2 of 62PRE 37
Ethan's Typhlosion2 of 412PRE 37
Hydreigon ex2 of 462PRE 37
Mega Lopunny ex2 of 212PRE 37
Toxtricity (Phantasmal Flames)2 of 382PRE 37
Blaziken ex1 of 211PRE 37
Mamoswine ex1 of 241PRE 37
Mega Chandelure ex1 of 361PRE 37
Slowking1 of 371PRE 37
Sylveon1 of 221PRE 37

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

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