Dark Alakazam 1/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Alakazam is 1/82, in position 1 of 83 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Dark Arbok. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dark Alakazam is a Stage 2 Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 30. In the Pokédex this is Alakazam (#065), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Dark Kadabra. In this catalog that name is Kadabra (#064).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Alakazam (#065) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Alakazam 1/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Alakazam, while this one is Dark Alakazam. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 27 other cards of Alakazam list a different HP.

The attack Teleport Blast lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. You may switch Dark Alakazam with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.) Mind Shock is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Psychic. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for this attack. (Any other effects that would happen after applying Weakness and Resistance still happen.) Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Almost as if it were being controlled by something else, it never changes expressions, even in the middle of battle."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Alakazam can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.