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Honchkrow

Battle Styles / #94/163

Honchkrow

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Battle Styles
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
Miki Tanaka
Source reference
swsh5-94

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The Pokémon’s story

Honchkrow emerges at night escorted by Murkrow, which it gathers with a deep cry. A single flock may contain a hundred of these companions. They perform risky tasks while their boss waits for the moment to deliver the final blow. It is harsh towards those who fail or betray it. The Pokédex portrays a feared leader whose authority rests as much on its troop-gathering cry as on the discipline it imposes.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Sun credits a single Honchkrow cry with gathering a hundred Murkrow. Pokémon Ultra Moon explains that it delegates dangerous work and often intervenes only to finish an opponent. This organisation explains the size of its nocturnal escort.

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Card details

HP
130
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Murkrow
Pokédex number
430
Regulation mark
E
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Lightning ×2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -30

Printed card text — English

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Description from the source

Its goons take care of most of the fighting for it. The only time it dirties its own hands is in delivering a final blow to finish off an opponent.

Abilities

Insomnia

Ability

This Pokémon can't be Asleep.

Attacks

Voltage Dive

Cost: Darkness · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 80+

If your opponent's Active Pokémon has any Special Energy attached, this attack does 80 more damage.

Documented variants

Versions reported by the source; identification for sales still needs verification.

  • Normal
  • Reverse
  • normal · standard
  • reverse · standard

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