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Darmanitan

Black & White

Emerging Powers · #21 · Rare · 2011

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Card facts

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Set position: 21 / 98
Release year: 2011
Rarity: Rare
HP: 100
Subtype: Stage 1
Evolves from: Darumaka
Retreat cost: 3 energy
Illustrator: Mitsuhiro Arita
Pokédex #: 555
Series: Black & White

Card analysis

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Primary role: Status Conditions
Damage efficiency: 70 damage; 17.5 per Energy
Prize liability: 1 Prize given up; Single-prize attacker — favourable prize trades
Setup: Stage 1; One evolution step from a Basic

Also does

Attacker

Strategy & play

How Darmanitan plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.

Inflicts Burn — 20 damage between turns, then a coin flip to clear it. Chip damage with a coin-flip tail.
Its main attack (Fire Punch) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
Needs Fire Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
Fire type, weak to Water ×2 — a Water attacker doing ≥50 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.

How to beat Darmanitan

Exploit its Water weakness — ≥50 damage one-shots it.
Gust it before the evolution is set up.
Trap it Active — 3 retreat means it can’t escape without help.
On the receiving end of a condition? Retreat, switch, or evolve to wipe it — conditions only stick to the Active.

Competitive performance

From real Standard tournament decks over the last 180 days.

Meta inclusion: 0% of decks; 1 copies on average · 2 decks

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About this card

HP: 100Type:RFireSubtype: Stage 1Evolves from: Darumaka

"Its internal fire burns at 2,500º F, making enough power that it can destroy a dump truck with one punch."

CCRock Smash — 20+

Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.

RRCCFire Punch — 70

The Defending Pokémon is now Burned.

Weakness:W×2

Retreat cost:CCC

Tournament legality

Current legal status across competitive formats.

expandedLegal

unlimitedLegal

Recent tournament results

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Tournaments from the past 30 days where Darmanitan was legal.

tournament

4to Torneo Tropical Beach

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last week

tournament

The Wild Area Expanded #7 - 18 Codes

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3 weeks ago

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The Wild Area Expanded #6 - 18 Codes

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4 weeks ago

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.

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Updated 2026/06/30

Variant	Low	Mid	High	Market	Direct Low
Normal	$0.25	$0.60	$19.54	$0.63	$0.75
Reverse Holofoil	$1.00	$1.64	$27.60	$1.69	—

Cardmarket (EUR)

Updated 2026/06/22

Variant	Price
1-day average	€0.49
7-day average	€0.41
30-day average	€0.36
Low	€0.02
Trend price	€0.37
Low (excellent+)	€0.04
Reverse holo low	€0.05
reverseHoloAvg1	€0.40
Reverse holo 7-day	€0.61
reverseHoloSell	€0.40
averageSellPrice	€0.38
Reverse holo 30-day	€0.96
Reverse holo trend	€0.79

Frequently asked

How can I tell if my Darmanitan is real?

Darmanitan 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 Darmanitan worth?

As of the latest data, the current market reference price for Darmanitan is $0.63; 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 Darmanitan from?

Darmanitan is from the Pokémon set "Emerging Powers" in the Black & White series, released in 2011.

What rarity is Darmanitan?

Darmanitan is a Rare card in the Emerging Powers set.