Delta Species

Illumise

Name: Illumise DS 45
Brand: Pokémon

DS45· Uncommon

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What the card itself says

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

HP: 60
Type: Grass
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 45/113
Set: Delta SpeciesDS
Illustrated by: Midori Harada

Its Ability

Beacon Protection

As long as you have Volbeat in play, prevent all effects, including damage, done to Illumise by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has Dark in its name.

Its attacks

Call for Family

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Strange Rasping

If the Defending Pokémon is an Evolved Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now 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.

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.
A strength
It has an Ability, Beacon Protection. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. 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

Delta Species landed here on 31 October 2005.

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 9 Illumise cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Illumise card and its price

What the card itself says

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

HP: 60
Type: Grass
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 45/113
Set: Delta SpeciesDS
Illustrated by: Midori Harada

Its Ability

Beacon Protection

As long as you have Volbeat in play, prevent all effects, including damage, done to Illumise by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has Dark in its name.

Its attacks

Call for Family

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Strange Rasping

If the Defending Pokémon is an Evolved Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now 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.

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.
A strength
It has an Ability, Beacon Protection. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. 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.

What the card itself says

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

HP: 60
Type: Grass
Stage: Basic
Retreat cost: 1
Weakness: ×2
Number: 45/113
Set: Delta SpeciesDS
Illustrated by: Midori Harada

Its Ability

Beacon Protection

As long as you have Volbeat in play, prevent all effects, including damage, done to Illumise by attacks from your opponent's Pokémon that has Dark in its name.

Its attacks

Call for Family

Search your deck for a Basic Pokémon and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.

Strange Rasping

If the Defending Pokémon is an Evolved Pokémon, the Defending Pokémon is now 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.

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.
A strength
It has an Ability, Beacon Protection. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.
A strength
It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
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.
Keep in mind
Weakness Fire ×2. 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.