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Dark Raticate
Oracle Text
Attack Dark Seed: The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Put 5 damage counters on the Defending Pokémon at the end of your opponent's next turn.
Attack Spread Poison (10): The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. This attack does 20 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)
Card Details
Character Background
Dark Raticate from Team Rocket Returns fits best as a tempo-control card, using nuisance pressure rather than brute force to win games. Dark Seed is especially irritating: by locking the Defending Pokémon in place and then threatening five damage counters at the end of your opponent’s next turn, it punishes slow setups and creates awkward turns where switching cards and retreat tricks lose value. Spread Poison adds a second angle, letting Dark Raticate chip the Active while also poking a Benched target for 20, which is excellent for softening evolutions and setting up later knockouts. In deckbuilding, pair it with other damage-spread or poison enablers so those counters matter more, and consider gust effects to strand vulnerable targets in the Active spot. Since it’s a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon, it rewards consistency engines and quick evolution lines over pure aggression, making it ideal for attrition-based decks that keep the opponent behind on board and options.
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Character Background
Dark Raticate from Team Rocket Returns fits best as a tempo-control card, using nuisance pressure rather than brute force to win games. Dark Seed is especially irritating: by locking the Defending Pokémon in place and then threatening five damage counters at the end of your opponent’s next turn, it punishes slow setups and creates awkward turns where switching cards and retreat tricks lose value. Spread Poison adds a second angle, letting Dark Raticate chip the Active while also poking a Benched target for 20, which is excellent for softening evolutions and setting up later knockouts. In deckbuilding, pair it with other damage-spread or poison enablers so those counters matter more, and consider gust effects to strand vulnerable targets in the Active spot. Since it’s a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon, it rewards consistency engines and quick evolution lines over pure aggression, making it ideal for attrition-based decks that keep the opponent behind on board and options.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-07-31 11:40:43 UTC