Pokémon · Black & White
Dusknoir
Plasma Blast · #104 · Rare Secret · 2013
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Market reference
$145.22
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Current listings on The Game Traders
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Card facts
Quick reference for collectors and graders.
- Set position
- 104 / 105
- Release year
- 2013
- Rarity
- Rare Secret
- HP
- 130
- Subtype
- Stage 2
- Evolves from
- Dusclops
- Retreat cost
- 3 energy
- Illustrator
- Ayaka Yoshida
- Pokédex #
- 477
- Series
- Black & White
Card analysis
Computed from this card's stats and text — not a reposted price.
- Primary role
- Attacker
- Damage efficiency
- 60 damage
- 15 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
Also does
Strategy & play
How Dusknoir plays — derived from its stats and the rules of the game, not an opinion.
- Its main attack (Shadow Punch) needs 4 Energy — a turn-4 swing on manual attachment — you’ll want Energy acceleration to power it up on time.
- Needs Psychic Energy to attack — your line must supply that color.
- Psychic type, weak to Darkness ×2 — a Darkness attacker doing ≥65 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).
How to beat Dusknoir
- Exploit its Darkness weakness — ≥65 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
- 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
Budget alternatives
Cheaper cards that fill a similar role in Standard decks. Reference prices — most-played option first.
Building around Dusknoir?
Drop it into the deck builder for a live consistency score, synergy suggestions, and Standard legality checks.
About this card
"This extremely rare Pokémon is a different color than usual. It is very hard to find."
Ability: Sinister Hand
As often as you like during your turn (before your attack), you may move 1 damage counter from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to another of your opponent's Pokémon.
PCCCShadow Punch — 60
This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance.
Weakness:D×2
Retreat cost:CCC
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 1,778 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 2026/07/27| Variant | Low | Mid | High | Market | Direct Low |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holofoil | $100.00 | $150.00 | $2,012.88 | $145.22 | — |
Cardmarket (EUR)
Updated 2025/12/28| Variant | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-day average | €170.00 |
| 7-day average | €75.98 |
| 30-day average | €57.26 |
| Low | €17.90 |
| Trend price | €64.64 |
| Low (excellent+) | €40.99 |
| reverseHoloAvg1 | €62.50 |
| Reverse holo 7-day | €36.48 |
| averageSellPrice | €170.00 |
| Reverse holo 30-day | €20.57 |
| Reverse holo trend | €35.02 |
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 $145.22; 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 "Plasma Blast" in the Black & White series, released in 2013.
What rarity is Dusknoir?
Dusknoir is a Rare Secret card in the Plasma Blast set.
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Same Pokémon card across other sets and rarities.
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