Dondozo

Trivia and origin

Dondozo, along with its Shiny coloration, which resembles an albino wels catfish, was designed by James Turner. It appears to be based on the wels catfish, a large species native to Europe and introduced to Spain, and its diet of bird Pokémon may reference how wels catfish have been observed beaching themselves to hunt terrestrial birds.

Dondozo's cards by era

Its Scarlet & Violet base set cards are a Rare from Souichirou Gunjima and an illustration rare from AKIRA EGAWA. Shin Nagasawa drew its SVP Black Star promo. Paradox Rift added an Uncommon and Paldean Fates a Shiny rare, while Destined Rivals closed the run with a Dondozo ex Double rare and Ultra Rare, both by N-DESIGN Inc.

Cards to know

• Dondozo (Scarlet & Violet #061)

  A Scarlet & Violet Rare by Souichirou Gunjima

• Dondozo (Scarlet & Violet #207)

  Scarlet & Violet's illustration rare by AKIRA EGAWA

• Dondozo ex (Destined Rivals #066)

  Destined Rivals' Dondozo ex Double rare by N-DESIGN Inc.