Pokémon · Sword & Shield
Dusknoir
Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery · #TG06 · Trainer Gallery Rare Holo · 2022
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Market reference
$3.03
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- TG06 / 30
- Release year
- 2022
- Rarity
- Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
- HP
- 150
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Dusclops
- Retreat cost
- 2 energy
- Regulation mark
- D
- Illustrator
- Megumi Higuchi
- Pokédex #
- 477
- Series
- Sword & Shield
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 120 damage
- 40 per Energy
- Prize liability
- 1 Prize given up
- Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
- Setup
- Stage 2
- Needs its evolution line or Rare Candy to set up
Strategy & play
How Dusknoir plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Spooky Shot) needs 3 Energy — a turn-3 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Hits for 120 — one-shots small Basics and support Pokémon, but trades down into the format’s big attackers.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥75 effectively one-shots it.
- A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
- A Stage 2 — without Rare Candy you lose ~2 turns setting it up, and it’s gust-bait before it’s online (you must draw Dusclops first).
How to beat Dusknoir
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥75 damage one-shots it.
- Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Competitive performance
From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.
- Meta inclusion
- 10% of decks
- 1.35 copies on average · 5830 decks
- Match win rate
- 46.7%
- -0.5 pts vs the 47.2% field average
Plays well with
Cards most often run alongside this one in tournament decks over the last 180 days — ranked by how distinctive the pairing is.
Frogadier
in 0% of decks · 13 seen
Caretaker
in 0% of decks · 11 seen
Duskull
in 100% of decks · 5824 seen
Dusclops
in 97% of decks · 5630 seen
Mystery Garden
in 7% of decks · 432 seen
Mega Diancie ex
in 7% of decks · 414 seen
Team Rocket's Crobat ex
in 3% of decks · 165 seen
Team Rocket's Golbat
in 3% of decks · 165 seen
More by Megumi Higuchi
This card was illustrated by Megumi Higuchi.
Building around Dusknoir?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"At the bidding of transmissions from the spirit world, it steals people and Pokémon away. No one knows whether it has a will of its own."
Ability: Spectral Breach
All Special Energy attached to Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's) provide Colorless Energy and have no other effect.
PCCSpooky Shot — 120
Weakness:D×2
Resistance:F-30
Retreat cost:CC
Tournament legality
Current legal status across competitive formats.
Recent tournament results
View calendar →Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dusknoir was legal.
Tournament play
This printing of Dusknoir has no recent tournament appearances, but a different printing is currently a meta staple.
Dusknoir — Prismatic Evolutions
Played in 1,821 recent decks
Pricing reference
Latest snapshot from the upstream catalog. Actual marketplace prices fluctuate by condition, edition, and grade — use this as a reference, not a quote.
TCGPlayer (USD)
Updated 2026/07/16| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $1.69 | $3.25 | $4,321.00 | $3.03 | $3.02 |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2026/07/01| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €3.00 |
| 7-day average | €2.30 |
| 30-day average | €2.49 |
| Low | €0.98 |
| Trend price | €1.89 |
| Low (excellent+) | €0.98 |
| averageSellPrice | €2.36 |
Frequently asked
How can I tell if my Dusknoir is real?
Dusknoir is not on our list of commonly-counterfeited cards, but counterfeits exist across every set. Check the back-light test (real cards have a black inner layer that blocks light; counterfeits glow through), the rosette dot pattern on the back under magnification, font weight and kerning on the card name, and the holofoil pattern if applicable. For high-value copies we recommend submitting to a professional grader (PSA, BGS, CGC) for tamper-evident authentication.
What is Dusknoir worth?
As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Dusknoir is $3.03; there are no active listings on The Game Traders right now. Actual value depends on condition, grading, edition and printing variant — graded high-condition copies (PSA 9–10) trade at a substantial premium over raw copies.
What set is Dusknoir from?
Dusknoir is from the Pokémon set "Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery" in the Sword & Shield series, released in 2022.
What rarity is Dusknoir?
Dusknoir is a Trainer Gallery Rare Holo card in the Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery set.
Other Dusknoir printings
Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
