Dusknoir

Dusknoir in the anime

In the animated special Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, Primal Dialga sends Dusknoir back into the past to stop Team Poképals from changing history. In the animated series, Dusknoir appeared in Ghoul Daze! trying to protect people from a ghost girl, only to be blamed for the trouble she caused. Conway's Dusknoir used Trick Room to defeat Noctowl and Donphan at the Lily of the Valley Conference before losing to Gible's Draco Meteor and Dragon Pulse combination, and Farrell and Hamber also owned one in later series entries, with Hamber even Terastallizing his into a Ghost type.

Dusknoir on the card

Dusknoir's cyclopean eye and hollow, round body echo the Chochin-obake yokai, while its role guiding lost spirits parallels psychopomps like the Grim Reaper, and its belly mouth is styled like a jack-o'-lantern. Its first set card is the 2007 Diamond & Pearl Rare Holo by Takabon, and Stormfront added a LV.X by Shizurow. Recent Scarlet & Violet prints include a Shrouded Fable illustration rare by James Turner, and Prismatic Evolutions and Shrouded Fable base cards both illustrated by danciao.

Cards to know

• Dusknoir (Diamond & Pearl #2)

  Dusknoir's first set card, a 2007 Diamond & Pearl Rare Holo illustrated by Takabon.

• Dusknoir (Stormfront #96)

  A Stormfront Rare Holo LV.X illustrated by Shizurow.

• Dusknoir (Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery #TG06)

  A Brilliant Stars Trainer Gallery Rare illustrated by Megumi Higuchi.

• Dusknoir (Shrouded Fable #070)

  A Shrouded Fable illustration rare illustrated by James Turner.

• Dusknoir (Prismatic Evolutions #037)

  A Prismatic Evolutions Rare illustrated by danciao.