Nihilego

“Nihilego” (A3a-042) is a Pokémon card from the Extradimensional Crisis set in Pokémon TCG Pocket, built around the Ability “More Poison”. Key details include 70 HP, Darkness, and New Wave. Card description: A life-form from another world, it was dubbed a UB and is thought to produce a strong neurotoxin.

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Nihilego Card Details

Illustrator·nagimiso

TypesDarkness

Stage

Basic

Ability
More Poison
Your opponent's Active Pokémon takes +10 damage from being Poisoned.

Nihilego Attacks

New Wave
Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned.
30

Weaknesses

+20

Retreat Cost

How to get Nihilego

Sets

Extradimensional Crisis

Packs

Extradimensional Crisis Pack

Where Nihilego 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.

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Decks that use “Nihilego”

Nihilego versions and alt art

3 matching cards

Build with Nihilego

Seen in 0.3% of 4,402 sampled tournament lists. Most lists that use it run 2 copies.

Updated Nov 11, 2026

Small sample; interpret with care.

Tournament usage: 0.3%; 15 / 4,402 lists
Most common count: 2 copies; 80.0% of lists using it
Average copies: 1.8; Among lists using it
Archetypes: 8; Current decks using it

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Dragalge ex Darkrai ex

Oct 31, 2026 · Tournament source: PMPT #49 - DUAL FUSION!!! | $250 USD

EnergyDarkness

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Decks that use “Nihilego”

Dragalge ex Darkrai ex
1 copy
0.0% (0)
2 copies
100.0% (2)
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Inclusion
100.0%
Meta share
0.1%
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Guzzlord ex Nihilego
1 copy
0.0% (0)
2 copies
100.0% (2)
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Inclusion
100.0%
Meta share
0.1%
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Oct 23, 2026 · Tournament source: Umbreon99's Aura Sphere #10: $5 USD
- 2× Nihilego
- 2× Guzzlord ex
- 2× Celesteela
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Poison Barb
- 1× Beastite
- 2× Lusamine
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 1× Starting Plains
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyDarkness
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Gengar Darkrai
1 copy
0.0% (0)
2 copies
100.0% (2)
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Inclusion
66.7%
Meta share
0.1%
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Nov 3, 2026 · Tournament source: The Breakfast Club Daily-FA +
- 2× Nihilego
- 2× Darkrai
- 2× Gastly
- 2× Gengar
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× Serena's Choice
- 2× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyNo energy selected
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Hoopa ex Team Rocket's Weezing ex
1 copy
100.0% (1)
2 copies
0.0% (0)
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Inclusion
50.0%
Meta share
0.1%
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Oct 23, 2026 · Tournament source: Umbreon99's Aura Sphere #10: $5 USD
- 1× Darkrai ex
- 1× Nihilego
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 1× Bombirdier
- 2× Hoopa ex
- 1× Team Rocket's Koffing
- 1× Team Rocket's Weezing ex
- 1× Sabrina
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Guzma
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyDarkness
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Gengar Igglybuff
1 copy
0.0% (0)
2 copies
100.0% (1)
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Inclusion
10.0%
Meta share
0.2%
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Oct 31, 2026 · Tournament source: PMPT #49 - DUAL FUSION!!! | $250 USD
- 2× Nihilego
- 2× Igglybuff
- 2× Darkrai
- 2× Gastly
- 2× Gengar
- 1× Cyrus
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 2× Deceptive Needle
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyDarkness
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Mega Gengar ex Gengar
1 copy
0.0% (0)
2 copies
100.0% (1)
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Inclusion
9.1%
Meta share
0.3%
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Nov 10, 2026 · Tournament source: 🐧 PGX TOURNAMENT #4【 💰$15 USD + FA ⭐⭐ 】
- 2× Nihilego
- 1× Mega Gengar ex
- 2× Gastly
- 2× Gengar
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Rare Candy
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Small Balloon
- 1× Deceptive Needle
- 1× Wally
- 1× Serena's Choice
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyDarkness
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Hydreigon Mega Absol ex
1 copy
100.0% (1)
2 copies
0.0% (0)
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Inclusion
1.2%
Meta share
1.9%
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Oct 30, 2026 · Tournament source: THE BREAKFAST CLUB KELP CLASSIC #12 - C1 FAs
- 1× Nihilego
- 1× Absol
- 1× Mega Absol ex
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 1× Cyrus
- 1× Pokémon Center Lady
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Poison Barb
- 2× Copycat
- 1× Lucky Ice Pop
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyNo energy selected
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Umbreon Hydreigon
1 copy
100.0% (1)
2 copies
0.0% (0)
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Inclusion
0.4%
Meta share
5.3%
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Nov 2, 2026 · Tournament source: Dark League Tournament | $50 Prize Pool
- 1× Nihilego
- 2× Deino
- 2× Hydreigon
- 2× Eevee
- 2× Umbreon
- 2× Rare Candy
- 2× Poison Barb
- 1× Copycat
- 1× Serena's Choice
- 1× X Speed
- 2× Poké Ball
- 2× Professor's Research
EnergyNo energy selected
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Nihilego in tournament decks

This card appears in 8 current and 4 historical tournament archetypes.

Tournament deck data sourced from Limitless Tournament Platform.

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Historical decks featuring this card

Archived tournament profiles where this card appeared in at least half of tracked decklists.

Other cards with the same More Poison Ability as Nihilego

3 matching cards

Other cards with New Wave, like Nihilego

3 matching cards

Cards commonly played with Nihilego

These cards appear in the same tournament archetypes as Nihilego. Rankings use archetype-level samples and inclusion; they do not measure how often two cards occur in the exact same list.