Delta Species

Hypno

DS23· Rare
Hypno DS 23

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What the card itself says

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HP
70
Type
Psychic
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
23/113
Set
Delta SpeciesDS
Illustrated by
Midori Harada

Its Ability

Binding Aura

Your opponent can't play any Basic Pokémon or Evolution cards from his or her hand to evolve an Asleep Pokémon and can't attach any Energy cards from his or her hand to an Asleep Pokémon.

Its attacks

Sleep Inducer

Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. The new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Psyshot

40

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

    Psyshot hits for 40 on 2 Energy. Nothing in Delta Species hits harder for that price.

  3. A strength

    It has an Ability, Binding Aura. 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

    Weakness Psychic ×2. Against a Psychic Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,201 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

Delta Species landed here on 31 October 2005.

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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 Hypno cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Hypno card and its price