Darkrai

Printed language: French · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Duels au Sommets
Rarity (source): Rare Holo
Illustrator: Ryo Ueda
Source reference: dp4-4

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The Pokémon’s story

Darkrai can put humans and Pokémon approaching its territory to sleep, then fill their dreams with nightmares to drive them away. Another entry presents this faculty as a means of defence when it feels threatened. The Pokémon’s unsettling appearance thus conceals a logic of protection and distance. The Pokédex also places its appearances on nights of the new moon. Darkrai’s stories therefore combine a specific time of appearance with a power capable of affecting the sleep of those who approach.

Background on the species in the video games; its forms and card versions may have appeared later.

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Y places Darkrai’s appearances on nights of the new moon. This detail gives a setting to its stories of troubled sleep: its appearance is associated with a specific point in the lunar cycle. The Pokédex identifies a period of appearance without claiming that all nightmares come from it.

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Card details

HP: 80
Type (source): Obscurité
Stage (source): Base
Pokédex number: 491
Retreat cost: 1 Energy
Weakness (source): Combat +20
Resistance (source): Psy -20

Printed card text — French

Quoted source text is retained in the card’s printed language so this exact printing can be identified. The CarDex background above is translated into English.

Attacks

Rugissement obscur

Cost: Incolore

Damage: 10

Vous pouvez demander à votre adversaire d'échanger le Pokémon Défenseur avec 1 de ses Pokémon de Banc.

Trou-dodo

Cost: Obscurité · Obscurité · Incolore

Damage: 40+

Si le Pokémon Défenseur est Endormi, cette attaque inflige 40 dégâts plus 40 dégâts supplémentaires. Si le Pokémon Défenseur n'est pas Endormi, il est maintenant Endormi.

Documented variants

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Reverse
Holographic
Holo · Standard
Reverse · Standard

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