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Dusclops

Burning Shadows / #52/147

Dusclops

Printed language: English · Pokémon

Set (printed edition)
Burning Shadows
Rarity (source)
Uncommon
Illustrator
SATOSHI NAKAI
Source reference
sm3-52

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The Pokémon’s story

Dusclops is hollow beneath its ghostly exterior. It opens its mouth to suck in anything that comes too close, while its single eye can stare at and hypnotize an opponent. Legends compare its interior to a black hole from which nothing escapes. The Pokédex also reports that it seeks out and swallows will-o'-the-wisps, without explaining what becomes of them. Perhaps its greatest menace lies in that unanswered question: its body's appearance reveals nothing about what it contains.

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

A detail worth noticing

Pokémon Shield says Dusclops swallows will-o'-the-wisps but leaves their fate unknown. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire describes its eye as a tool for hypnosis. The mystery of its empty body thus coexists with a very specific method of capture.

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Card details

HP
90
Type (source)
Psychic
Stage (source)
Stage1
Evolves from (printed name)
Duskull
Pokédex number
356
Retreat cost
3 Energy
Weakness (source)
Darkness ×2
Resistance (source)
Fighting -20

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.

Description from the source

Anyone who dares peer into its body to see its spectral ball of fire will have their spirit stolen away.

Attacks

Night Roam

Cost: Psychic

Put 1 damage counter on each Pokémon (both yours and your opponent’s).

Ambush

Cost: Psychic · Colorless · Colorless

Damage: 30+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 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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