Darkness Ablaze

Starly

DAAFR145· Common
Starly DAA 145

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
50
Type
Colorless
Stage
Basic
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Resistance
-30
Regulation mark
D
Number
145/189
Set
Darkness AblazeDAA
Illustrated by
Naoyo Kimura

Its Ability

Sky CircusCirque Céleste

If you played Bird Keeper from your hand during this turn, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs.Si vous avez joué Ornithologue de votre main pendant ce tour, ignorez toutes les Énergies dans les coûts d'attaques de ce Pokémon.

Its attacks

Keen EyeRegard Vif

Search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck.Cherchez dans votre deck jusqu'à 2 cartes, puis ajoutez-les à votre main. 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. 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, Sky Circus. An Ability costs you no attack, so you can use it and still swing the same turn.

  3. A strength

    It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.

  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 Lightning ×2. Against a Lightning Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 336 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

  6. 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 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

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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