Darkrai

Printed language: German · Pokémon

Set (printed edition): Majestätischer Morgen
Rarity (source): Selten, Holografisch
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
Source reference: dp5-3

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: 80
Type (source): Unlicht
Stage (source): Basis
Pokédex number: 491
Retreat cost: 2 Energy
Weakness (source): Kampf +20
Resistance (source): Psycho -20

Printed card text — German

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.

Description from the source

Es kann andere in Schlaf versetzen und ihnen Träume geben. Es ist nur bei Neumond aktiv.

Abilities

Finsterschatten

Poké-POWER

Einmal während deines Zuges kannst du, wenn du Darkrai von deiner Hand auf deine Bank legst, 1 Verteidigendes Pokémon wählen. Das gewählte Pokémon schläft jetzt.

Attacks

Dunkler Schlummer

Cost: Unlicht

Damage: 10

Am Ende des nächsten Zuges deines Gegners schläft das Verteidigende Pokémon.

Finstere Entschlossenheit

Cost: Unlicht · Unlicht · Farblos

Damage: 40

Wenn das Verteidigende Pokémon schläft, entferne 4 Schadensmarken von Darkrai.

Documented variants

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

Reverse
Holographic
Holo · Standard
Reverse · Standard

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