Obsidian Flames

Malamar

OBF138· Uncommon
Malamar OBF 138

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What the card itself says

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

HP
120
Type
Darkness
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
2
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
G
Number
138/197
Set
Obsidian FlamesOBFSet guide
Illustrated by
Nelnal

Its Ability

Psychic Insight

Once during your turn, you may look at the top card of your opponent's deck. If you do, look at the top card of your deck.

Its attacks

Hypnotic Ray

90

Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep.

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, Psychic Insight. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  4. Keep in mind

    Mark G. It is not among the marks currently accepted in Standard: H, I, and J. A legal reprint may still provide an exception.

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

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

Obsidian Flames landed here on 11 August 2023.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 July 2023, under the code SV3. That is 14 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 22 Malamar cards on one page, priciest first.

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