Darkrai DP52/56 · DP Black Star Promos

DP Black Star Promos is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 56, and the checklist is the same length. Darkrai is DP52/56, in position 52 of 56 on this checklist. Before it is DP51 Cresselia, and after it is DP53 Arceus LV.X. The listed rarity is Promo.

Darkrai is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 61. In the Pokédex this is Darkrai (#491), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Wataru Kawahara illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Darkrai (#491) has 40 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Darkrai LV.X DP19/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Darkrai LV.X, while this one is Darkrai. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Wataru Kawahara illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 39 other cards of Darkrai list a different HP.

Darkness Aura is listed as Poké-Body. If you have Cresselia in play, each of Darkrai's attack does 20 more damage to the Defending Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Hypnoblast lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "To protect itself, it afflicts those around it with nightmares. However, it means no harm."

I keep a set binder for DP Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the DP Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Darkrai can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.