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Dusknoir

Sun & Moon

Cosmic Eclipse · #85 · Rare Holo · 2019

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Card facts

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Set position: 85 / 272
Release year: 2019
Rarity: Rare Holo
HP: 160
Subtype: Stage 2
Evolves from: Dusclops
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Eske Yoshinob
Pokédex #: 477
Series: Sun & Moon

Card analysis

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Primary role: Attacker
Damage efficiency: 60 damage; 60 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.

Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥80 effectively one-shots it.
A single-prize attacker — prize-trade-positive against ex / V decks that give up two at a time.
Retreat cost 3 — gets stranded Active if gusted; run Switch / Escape Rope or a Float Stone-style Tool.
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).
Seen in 11% of recent tournament decks that can run it, usually 1 copy.

How to beat Dusknoir

Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥80 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 11% of decks; 1.37 copies on average · 5147 decks
Match win rate: 46.3%; -0.9 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.

Duskull

in 100% of decks · 5061 seen

Dusclops

in 97% of decks · 4920 seen

Mystery Garden

in 8% of decks · 427 seen

Mega Diancie ex

in 8% of decks · 410 seen

Team Rocket's Crobat ex

in 3% of decks · 161 seen

Team Rocket's Golbat

in 3% of decks · 161 seen

Team Rocket's Zubat

in 3% of decks · 161 seen

Jamming Tower

in 37% of decks · 1895 seen

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About this card

HP: 160Type:PPsychicSubtype: Stage 2Evolves from: Dusclops

"It is said to take lost spirits into its pliant body and guide them home."

Ability: Grim Marking

If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is Knocked Out by damage from an opponent's attack, put 4 damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon in any way you like.

PPsych Up — 60

During your next turn, this Pokémon's Psych Up attack does 60 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance).

Weakness:D×2

Resistance:F-20

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Upcoming events

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Tournaments and releases relevant to Dusknoir or Cosmic Eclipse.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

expanded

Aug 1, 2026

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Dusknoir was legal.

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

expanded

last week

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #6 - 18 Codes

expanded

2 weeks ago

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #5 - 18 Codes

expanded

3 weeks ago

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 1,828 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 2026/07/17

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Holofoil	$0.20	$0.51	$19.98	$0.51	—
Reverse Holofoil	$0.30	$0.59	$19.98	$0.57	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/01/16

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.25
7-day average	€0.68
30-day average	€0.69
Low	€0.04
Trend price	€0.99
Low (excellent+)	€0.04
Reverse holo low	€0.04
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.25
Reverse holo 7-day	€1.11
reverseHoloSell	€1.02
averageSellPrice	€0.57
Reverse holo 30-day	€0.97
Reverse holo trend	€1.03

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 $0.51; 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 "Cosmic Eclipse" in the Sun & Moon series, released in 2019.

What rarity is Dusknoir?

Dusknoir is a Rare Holo card in the Cosmic Eclipse set.