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Alakazam

Alakazam

Alakazam arrived with Twilight Masquerade on 24 May 2024. Here is what it does once it is on the table, and what it is worth right now.

What the card itself says

Every line in this block is copied straight off the card. Nothing rounded, nothing judged.

HP140
TypePsychic
StageStage 2
Retreat cost1
WeaknessDarkness ×2
ResistanceFighting -30
Regulation markH
SetTwilight Masquerade (TWM)

ITS ATTACKS

Strange HackingPsychicYour opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. You may move any number of damage counters from your opponent's Pokémon to their other Pokémon in any way you like.
Psychic10+PsychicThis attack does 50 more damage for each Energy attached to your opponent's Active Pokémon.

Printed exactly as it appears on the card.

What to make of it

Every line below comes from a number. Either it is printed on the card, or we counted it on tournament lists. You will not find a score here — you will find what matters when you decide whether to run it.

WHAT IT HAS GOING FOR IT

  • Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.
  • Alakazam / Dudunsparce runs it in 2 of the 21 lists we have read, seen across 2 different tournaments.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Kadabra to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.
  • Weakness Darkness ×2. Against a Darkness Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,351 tournament lists we have read, 834 run at least one Pokémon of that type.
  • Mark H, and that is the letter the next rotation takes away. After that you will not be able to play it in Standard.

What it costs

We have no price to show you for this card today. The link below takes you where it sells, and you will see the day's numbers there.

Who plays it

We read tournament decklists one by one. The match is made on the set code printed at the bottom of the card, the one the player copied onto the list — never on the name, because two cards sometimes share one.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Alakazam / Dudunsparce2 of 212TWM 82

When it came out

Twilight Masquerade landed here on 24 May 2024.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 26 April 2024, under the code SV6. That is 28 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

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