Dark Machoke (First Edition)
Team Rocket · #40
Overview
Legality, special rules, and flavor text
Format legality
- StandardNot Legal
- UnlimitedLegal
- ExpandedNot Legal
- Gym Leader ChallengeNot Legal
Flavor text
While normally peaceful and friendly, the number of incidents involving cruel Machokes is rising.
Card details
Printing, type line, and catalog data
Identity & printing
- Card ID
- base5-40--firstEdition
- Name
- Dark Machoke (First Edition)
- Number
- 40
- Printed number
- 40/82
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Rarity code
- ♦
- Variant
- First Edition
Set, artist & references
- Retreat cost
- 2
- Artist
- Mitsuhiro Arita
- Language
- English
- Set name
- Team Rocket
- Game name
- Pokémon
Battle
Abilities, attacks, weakness & resistance
Attacks
- Drag Off20Cost: 3
Before doing damage, choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon and switch it with the Defending Pokémon. Do the damage to the new Defending Pokémon. This attack can't be used if your opponent has no Benched Pokémon.
- Knock Back30Cost: 3
If your opponent has any Benched Pokémon, he or she chooses 1 of them and switches it with the Defending Pokémon. (Do the damage before switching the Pokémon.)
Weaknesses
- Psychic ×2
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