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Darkrai VSTAR

Astral Radiance / #099/189

Darkrai VSTAR

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Astral Radiance
Rarity (source)
Holo Rare VSTAR
Illustrator
5ban Graphics
Source reference
swsh10-099

CARDEX BACKGROUND

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
270
Type (source)
Darkness
Stage (source)
VSTAR
Evolves from (printed name)
Darkrai V
Pokédex number
491
Regulation mark
F
Retreat cost
2 Energy
Weakness (source)
Grass ×2

Printed card text — English

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

Dark Pulse

Cost: Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30+

This attack does 30 more damage for each Darkness Energy attached to all of your Pokémon.

Documented variants

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

  • Holographic
  • holo · standard
  • holo · jumbo

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