Pokemon TCG: 10 Strongest Dark Pokemon Ranked

Vespiquen is a Stage 1 Pokémon from the Ancient Origins expansion, having two abilities, Intelligence Gathering and Bee Revenge. The relevant attack that needs to be taken into consideration is the second one, which requires two colorless energy and deals a damage of 20, plus an additional 10 damage for every Pokémon that the player has in his/her discard p


The Pokemon Power of this Ghost-type , Deep Sleep, makes it very difficult for the sleeping foe to awaken, requiring them to flip two coins without getting any tails. There is little defense or counter against this strategy, as opponents cannot recall Pokemon that are Asleep unless they use an item or Pokemon Power of their


Golisopod GX is a Stage 1 Pokémon belonging to the Burning Shadows expansion with a massive 210 HP, as well as a trio of brilliant attacks. The first attack is First Impression, which deals a base damage of 30, but has the potential of dealing 90 more damage, if this Pokémon becomes the active Pokémon during the ongoing turn, for the cost of only one ene


Gengar is a 110 HP stage 2 pokémon belonging to the Psychic-type and hails from the Storm Front expansion of PTCG. The entirety of this card is brilliant, with abilities such as Fainting Spell, Shadow Room, and Poltergeist being killer moves to use in a game. The first ability, Fainting Spell, allows players to turn the tables by knocking out the opponent’s pokémon if Gengar gets knocked out, by a simple toss of a coin, thereby allowing the player a 50-50 chance of achieving this f

The other ability, Psychic Restore, is also great, allowing players to deal 20 damage, while also replacing Uxie and all cards attached to it to the bottom of the player’s deck. This card's utility lies in the fact that it allows players to draw through their entire decks and use all the cards in the best possible man


Arguably the most powerful Psychic-type card in existence, this Basic 170 HP pokémon has the outstanding ability called X-Ball, which can prove to be devastating in advanced stages of the SLG game Release date when the opponent and the player are both setting up for big mo


While it has only 100 HP, Zoroark should not be confused as a weak card. Instead, it is anything but, especially when things are going the player’s way. This pokémon is hardly costly, requiring only two colorless energies to use its primary ability Mind Jack, which has an outstanding damage potential and can obliterate decks that depend on benched poke


Not guaranteed to hit but when it does, it can even take out an enemy Dark Dragonite. This card also has a great Pokemon Power called Summon Minions, which lets Dark Dragonite's trainer place two Basic Pokemon from the deck to the Bench as reinforceme


This sinister hypnotist's strength relies on the other Pokemon in play. Their Dark Link move allows this Psychic-type to use any attack of a fellow Dark Pokemon without needing to pay its energy cost. All other requirements still need to be met, though, with the ability to unleash a Benched comrade's Dark Tentacle, Giant Tail, or Mind Shock, it is often worth the pr


However, the most powerful in all the Vileplume cards have to be the one belonging to Ancient Origins expansion, which with its 130 HP Stage 2 portfolio, has an ability called Irritating Pollen, blocking players from using any item cards. This is especially useful when stopping powerful Pokémon from setting up and the additional attack of Solar Beam with 70 damage and a cost of two grass-energy and one-colorless comes as a welcome bo


Being able to deal damage of 20 multiplied by the number of Energy Cards attached to this pokémon, as well as the defending other pokémon, Mewtwo EX is capable of unleashing absolute hell on opponents, all for the cost of 1DCE. It also has the ability Psydrive, but that is not the most relevant ability of this card, as X-Ball triumphs


A powerful starter, Yveltal is perfect for setting up, and, therefore, it proves to be a powerful addition to any Dark deck. Belonging to the XY-Steam Siege expansion, this Yveltal has an attack known as Oblivion W

Updated on December 17, 2021, by Reyadh Rahaman: With each new expansion released for the Pokemon TCG , more and more cards of increasing strength get added. As such, it is subject to the "power creep" seen in a lot of other trading card game franchises. This means that trainers who are active in the TCG-battle scene should always check out new cards to see if they can use them to improve their deck. This is as true for Fire-type Pokemon cards as it is for the other TCG ty


As a Rapid Strike card, this Censtiskorch lives up to its classification pretty well. On the first turn that it is in the Active Pokemon slot, it can use Coil to deal a bit of damage to the opponent as well as to buff itself. Coil will cause Centiskorch's next attack to deal an additional 90 damage. Therefore, if Centiskorch then uses their other move, Burning Train (which has a base damage of 120), this Fire-type Pokemon can slam the foe with 210 damage with no downsides besides a 1-turn buil