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Darkrai ex
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“Darkrai ex” (A2-110) is a Pokémon card from the Space-Time Smackdown set in Pokémon TCG Pocket, built around the Ability “Nightmare Aura”. Key details include 140 HP, Darkness, and Dark Prism.
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Darkrai ex Card Details
Illustrator·PLANETA YamashitaHP
140
TypesDarkness
- Ability
Nightmare Aura
Whenever you attach a
Energy from your Energy Zone to this Pokémon, do 20 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon.
Darkrai ex Attacks
- 80Dark Prism
Weaknesses
Retreat Cost
How to get Darkrai ex
Deck snapshot
Where Darkrai ex is played
Observed use in sampled public tournaments. These figures are not ladder usage, a card win rate, or a recommendation to play a particular number of copies. Versions with the same effect are combined. Examples retain their source artwork.
- Tournament usage
- 8.5%
- 283 / 3,329 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 98.9% of lists using it
Decks that use “Darkrai ex”
Event window: Sep 19, 2026 – Oct 18, 2026
Darkrai ex versions and alt art
5 matching cards
Daily tournament data
Build with Darkrai ex
Seen in 8.5% of 3,329 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 1 copy.
- Tournament usage
- 8.5%
- 283 / 3,329 lists
- Most common count
- 1 copy
- 98.9% of lists using it
- Average copies
- 1.01
- Among lists using it
- Archetypes
- 12
- Current decks using it
Decks that use “Darkrai ex”
- Hoopa ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (168)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 99.4%
- Meta share
- 5.1%
- Zoroark ex Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (44)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 1.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Giant Cape
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Greninja Mega Absol ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (21)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.6%
Real 1-copy list
- 2× Froakie
- 2× Greninja
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Chingling
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Egg
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Hoopa ex Mega Sableye ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (9)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.3%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Sableye ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Mars
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Repel
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Zoroark ex Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (6)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.2%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Zorua
- 2× Zoroark ex
- 1× Hoopa ex
- 1× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 1× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Team Rocket's Weezing ex Hoopa ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (6)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 40.0%
- Meta share
- 0.5%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 2× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 2× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 2× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Absol ex Darkrai ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (4)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 2× Absol
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Protective Poncho
- 1× Field Blower
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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- Mega Sableye ex Darkrai ex
- 1 copy
- 100.0% (4)
- 2 copies
- 0.0% (0)
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- Inclusion
- 100.0%
- Meta share
- 0.1%
Real 1-copy list
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 2× Igglybuff
- 2× Darkrai
- 1× Mega Sableye ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Rocky Helmet
- 2× Cyrus
- 2× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Starting Plains
- 1× Small Balloon
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
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Tournament intelligence
Darkrai ex in tournament decks
This card appears in 12 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.
Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.
Historical decks featuring this card
Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.
- Archived meta snapshot
Giratina ex Darkrai ex
Last seen Oct 18, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Zoroark ex Darkrai ex
Last seen Sep 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Team Rocket's Raticate ex Hoopa ex
Last seen Oct 14, 2026100.0% card inclusion
- Archived meta snapshot
Iron Jugulis Mega Sableye ex
Last seen Aug 3, 2026100.0% card inclusion
Other cards with the same Nightmare Aura Ability as Darkrai ex
5 matching cards
Other cards with Dark Prism, like Darkrai ex
5 matching cards
Tournament synergy
Cards commonly played with Darkrai ex
These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Darkrai ex. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.
Poké Ball
P-A-005
- shared archetypes
- 12
- avg. inclusion
- 100.0%
Copycat
B1-225
- shared archetypes
- 12
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Cyrus
A2-150
- shared archetypes
- 12
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Professor's Research
P-A-007
- shared archetypes
- 12
- avg. inclusion
- 99.7%
Deceptive Needle
B4-148
- shared archetypes
- 11
- avg. inclusion
- 97.5%
Pokémon Center Lady
A2b-070
- shared archetypes
- 8
- avg. inclusion
- 93.7%
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