Platinum

Dustox

PL25· Rare
Dustox PL 25

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What the card itself says

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HP
130
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
0
Weakness
+30
Number
25/127
Set
PlatinumPL
Illustrated by
Yukiko Baba

Its Ability

Camouflage Pattern

Prevent all effects of attacks, including damage, done to Dustox by your opponent's Pokémon that is affected by 2 or more Special Conditions.

Its attacks

Smogscreen

20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing.

Chemical Scale

60

If the Defending Pokémon has any Poké-Powers or Poké-Bodies, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned and Confused.

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

    130 HP. Only 2 cards in Platinum carry more.

  2. A strength

    It retreats for free. You can pull it back to the Bench whenever you like, even with no Energy on it at all.

  3. A strength

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

  4. 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.

  5. Keep in mind

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

  6. Keep in mind

    Weakness Fire +30. Against a Fire Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 914 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

Platinum landed here on 11 February 2009.

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 10 Dustox cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Dustox card and its price