Darkness Ablaze

Pupitar

DAAFR87· Uncommon
Pupitar DAA 87

We are not buying this printing at the moment.

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What the card itself says

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

HP
80
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 1
Retreat cost
3
Weakness
×2
Regulation mark
D
Number
87/189
Set
Darkness AblazeDAA
Illustrated by
Sekio

Its attacks

Sand SprayJet Sableux

20

Rocket EvolutionÉvolution Express

40

Search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck une carte Évolution de ce Pokémon, puis placez-la sur ce Pokémon pour le faire évoluer. Mélangez ensuite votre deck.

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. Keep in mind

    Retreat cost 3. Once it is out front, it stays there. Pack something that moves it another way, or you will burn whole turns discarding Energy.

  2. 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.

  3. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,826 tournament lists we have read, 2,360 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  4. Keep in mind

    Mark D. 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 23, 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

Darkness Ablaze landed here on 14 August 2020.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

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