Supreme Victors

Honchkrow

SV29· Rare
Honchkrow SV 29

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What the card itself says

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HP
90
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
+20
Resistance
-20
Number
29/147
Set
Supreme VictorsSV
Illustrated by
Mitsuhiro Arita

Its Ability

Darkness Restore

Once during your turn (before your attack), if Honchkrow is your Active Pokémon and your opponent's Bench isn't full, you may use this power. Search your opponent's discard pile for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto his or her bench. This power can't be used if Honchkrow is affected by a Special Condition.

Its attacks

Riot

30+

Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Pokémon that isn't an evolved Pokémon in play (both yours and your opponent's).

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. A strength

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

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,826 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.

  4. Keep in mind

    Weakness Lightning +20. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 340 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

Supreme Victors landed here on 19 August 2009.

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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 23 Honchkrow cards on one page, priciest first.

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