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Cynthia's Spiritomb

Cynthia's Spiritomb

Cynthia's Spiritomb has appeared in several sets: Destined Rivals (DRI 129) and Ascended Heroes (ASC 133). It is the same card every time — it plays the same, only the artwork and the price change. Here is what it does once it is on the table.

What the card itself says

Everything below is written on the card itself: how much health it has, what it fears, and what its attacks cost.

HP70
TypeDarkness
StageBasic
Retreat cost1
WeaknessGrass ×2
Regulation markI
SetAscended Heroes (ASC)

ITS ATTACKS

Raging Curse10×ColorlessThis attack does 10 damage for each damage counter on all of your Benched Cynthia's Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

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.
  • Cynthia's Garchomp ex runs it in 20 of the 20 lists we have read, seen across 19 different tournaments.
  • It is a Basic Pokémon. You can put it down on your very first turn, with nothing to evolve through.
  • Mark I. The next rotation takes mark H away, so this one stays tournament legal.

WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR

  • Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 1,386 tournament lists we have read, 872 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

What it costs

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Who plays it

These decks really played this card at a tournament. We spot it by the little set code printed at the bottom, the one players copy onto their list — two cards sometimes share a name, the code never lies.

The decks that list this card, with how many lists and how many tournaments
DeckListsTournamentsPrinting listed
Cynthia's Garchomp ex20 of 2019DRI 129

When it came out

Ascended Heroes landed here on 30 January 2026.

In Japan these cards were already in shops on 28 November 2025, under the code M2a. That is 63 days ahead of us.

Every set, with both of its dates

Where to find it

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