Dark Hypno 9/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on 24 April 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Hypno is 9/82, in position 9 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Dark Gyarados, and after it is 10 Dark Machamp. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Dark Hypno is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 26. In the Pokédex this is Hypno (#097), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Drowzee. In this catalog that name is Drowzee (#096).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Hypno (#097) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Hypno 8/62 in Fossil (1999). That card is named Hypno, while this one is Dark Hypno. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 21 other cards of Hypno list a different HP.

The attack Psypunch lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic. Bench Manipulation is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Your opponent flips a number of coins equal to the number of Pokémon on his or her Bench. This attack does 20 damage times the number of tails. 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 2. The flavor text reads "Carries a pendulum with it always. Sometimes appears near less-traveled roads and schools at dusk."

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. Hypno 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.