Darkrai BW73 — what does this card actually do?

Name: Darkrai BW73
Brand: Pokémon
Author: 5ban Graphics

This card has 110 HP, a top attack printed at 90 damage and a Fighting weakness.

Darkness · Basic Team Plasma · BW Black Star Promos · measured against 20,444 cards on file — card data read July 28, 2026

What does Darkrai BW73 do in a game?

Darkrai BW73 is a Darkness Pokémon card with 110 HP, printed as Basic Team Plasma.

Its strongest attack, Dark Hole, is printed at 90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card.

Because of the Fighting weakness, any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.

Darkness Basic Team Plasma Promo Unlimited and Expanded #491 Darkrai

Darkrai BW73BW Black Star Promos

110 HP · Darkness · Basic Team Plasma · retreat 2 · Fighting weakness ×2

Top printed damage9023 per Energy Dark Hole90 damage for 4 Energy
as of July 28, 2026

Hit points110 HP33.1% of 17,290 in the 80~120 band

Printed damage9021.8% of 16,246 in the 70~120 band

Retreat cost2 Energy28.6% of 17,240 in the 2 band

Energy efficiencyBelow typicalAboveTypicalBelowThis card 23 · typical 32.5
damage per Energy card, among cards whose cheapest attack costs 2

Price trackPromoBW Black Star Promos64 printsWhat it costs today, how it moved, and where to buy it

Card classBasic Team Plasma

RarityPromo

SetBW Black Star Promos

Card numberBW73

Card data readJuly 28, 2026

What it sells for now$230.78Opens the price page — daily prices, every print variant, where to buy · read August 14, 2026 Removed in one hit by55 damage110 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness Turns of setup4 turnsEnergy attaches once a turn, so the top attack waits that long Cards that can do it909 cardsCounted across the whole card archive Other prints of this name64 printsPrinted HP and legality move from print to print Cards in the same line36 moreEvery print carrying Pokédex #491 Where it can be playedUnlimited and ExpandedRead from the official format list

How Darkrai BW73 is built, on five measures

Strongest on Top printed damage — top 26.5% of the archive. Weakest on Attack cost lightness — bottom 43.8%.

Each spoke is this card's place among every card in the archive that prints that figure. Further out is stronger — retreat and attack cost are shown as lightness, so a cheap card reaches outward. Counted July 28, 2026.

How Darkrai BW73 is built, on five measures
Measure	Percentile	Printed value
Hit points	61.6%	110 HP
Top printed damage	73.5%	90 damage
Energy efficiency	57.8%	23 per Energy
Retreat lightness	45.3%	2 Energy
Attack cost lightness	43.8%	2 Energy

What it can do

Attack record

2EHide in Shadows15 damage per Energy card · has printed text30damage
4EDark Hole23 damage per Energy card · has printed text90damage

2 attacks printed on the card. The badge is the Energy it asks for.

Where it stands

No. 5,859of 17,290 cards ranked by printed HP

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Among the 17,290 cards in every card in the archive that carry printed HP, this one is number 5,859 at 110 HP.

Darkness cardsNo. 523of 1,248 by printed HP BW Black Star PromosNo. 34of 93 by printed HP

This cardDarkrai BW73BW Black Star Promos110 HP

Printed HP

The ceiling of this archive is 380 HP — 270 HP above this card.

Highest printed HPMega Emboar ex 273Ascended Heroes380 HP

What stands out on Darkrai BW73

Hit points 110 HP puts it in the 80~120 band, where 33.1% of 17,290 cards with printed HP sit.
Energy It returns 23 damage per Energy card against 32.5 for cards whose cheapest attack costs 2.
Weakness A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in a single turn.
Legality 18 of the 45 prints that carry this name are legal in Standard play.

Darkrai BW73 at a glance

What it is. A Darkness Pokémon card with 110 HP printed as Basic Team Plasma, printed in BW Black Star Promos.
What it can do. 2 attacks printed on the card, the strongest at 90 damage for 4 Energy.
What it fears. A Fighting weakness at ×2, which means 55 printed damage is enough to remove it.
What it costs to move. 2 Energy to retreat, discarded from the card itself.
Where it can be played. Unlimited and Expanded only.
What this page does not claim. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published here, because the card files this site reads do not contain them.

Source: Card facts are read once from openly published card files and change only when a source corrects them.

What do the attacks on Darkrai BW73 cost, and what do they hit for?

The card prints 2 attacks. The strongest asks for 4 Energy and returns 90 damage, which is 23 damage for every Energy card attached.

Darkrai BW73 — every printed attack, its cost and its damage
Attack	Energy cost	Cards of Energy	Printed damage	Damage per Energy	Effect
Hide in Shadows	1 Darkness + 1 Colorless	2	30	15	You may switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Dark Hole	2 Darkness + 2 Colorless	4	90	23	Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Retreating costs a further 2 Energy, discarded from this card, and that cost is paid on top of anything in the table.

Hide in Shadows2 Energy cards

Dark Hole4 Energy cards

What each attack asks a deck to attach before it can be used, drawn as the symbols printed on the card.

One Energy card attaches per turn, so the number of symbols is also the number of turns the attack waits.

Hide in Shadows 2 Energy30 damage for 2 Energy — 15 per Energy card30
Dark Hole 4 Energy90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 per Energy card90

Bars are printed damage against this card's own highest attack (90).

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How does Darkrai BW73 compare with every other card?

Each bar below is the whole archive cut by one printed figure, with the band this card falls into marked. A number on its own says nothing about whether it is high or low — the shape of the archive does.

Darkrai BW73 — BW Black Star Promos — DarkraiBW Black Star Promos BW73

No.5,859by HP in the archive

Darkrai BW73 prints 110 HP, which puts it at number 5,859 of the 17,290 cards in this archive that print an HP figure at all. The tallest figure printed on any card is 380 HP (Mega Emboar ex).

74% on printed damage — it out-hits that share of the 16,246 cards that print damage

Top 34%Where it sits on printed HP

This card110 HP
Middle half of the archive60–130 HP
Strongest Darkrai printed130 HP

The ceiling of this archive is Mega Emboar ex at 380 HP — every bar here is measured against it.

This card prints 110 HP, which is 29% of that ceiling.

Every figure in this panel is counted the same way: from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026, over the 17,290 cards that print an HP figure. Each bar is measured against the tallest HP in the archive, 380 HP.

Hit points — where this card sits

~7038.6%6,669 cards

80~120 — this card33.1%5,725 cards

130~18015.5%2,679 cards

190~2306.6%1,148 cards

240~2803.3%567 cards

290~3302.4%412 cards

340+0.5%90 cards

17,290 cards in the archive carry a printed HP figure. This one has 110 HP.

Cards in the 80~120 band typically print 56 damage and ask 1 Energy to retreat.

Hit points — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~70	38.6%	6,669 cards
80~120 — this card	33.1%	5,725 cards
130~180	15.5%	2,679 cards
190~230	6.6%	1,148 cards
240~280	3.3%	567 cards
290~330	2.4%	412 cards
340+	0.5%	90 cards

Top printed damage — where this card sits

~3042.7%6,938 cards

40~6022.0%3,566 cards

70~120 — this card21.8%3,535 cards

130~1809.0%1,461 cards

190~2503.8%621 cards

260+0.8%125 cards

16,246 cards print damage on at least one attack. The highest on this card is 90.

Cards in the 70~120 band typically have 141 HP and ask 2 Energy to retreat.

Top printed damage — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
~30	42.7%	6,938 cards
40~60	22.0%	3,566 cards
70~120 — this card	21.8%	3,535 cards
130~180	9.0%	1,461 cards
190~250	3.8%	621 cards
260+	0.8%	125 cards

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits

01.8%304 cards

154.4%9,392 cards

2 — this card26.4%4,565 cards

314.7%2,533 cards

42.4%421 cards

50.3%47 cards

17,262 cards have at least one attack with an Energy cost. The cheapest on this card asks 2 Energy.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically have 116 HP and print 65 damage.

Cheapest attack cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	1.8%	304 cards
1	54.4%	9,392 cards
2 — this card	26.4%	4,565 cards
3	14.7%	2,533 cards
4	2.4%	421 cards
5	0.3%	47 cards

Retreat cost — where this card sits

05.3%914 cards

149.3%8,503 cards

2 — this card28.6%4,926 cards

312.6%2,168 cards

44.2%729 cards

17,240 cards carry a retreat cost. This one costs 2 Energy to retreat.

Cards with a retreat cost of 2 typically have 132 HP and print 79 damage.

Retreat cost — where this card sits
Group	Share	Value
0	5.3%	914 cards
1	49.3%	8,503 cards
2 — this card	28.6%	4,926 cards
3	12.6%	2,168 cards
4	4.2%	729 cards

No. 5,859of 17,290

That is where Darkrai BW73 stands highest on HP — number 5,859 of 17,290 cards in Every card in the archive. Cut the archive a different way and the answer moves, which is what the bars below are for.

Every card in the archive — 20,444 cards No. 5,859 of 17,290 by HP · No. 3,796 of 16,246 by damage · top by HP: Mega Emboar ex, 380

top 23% on damage
Darkness cards — 1,249 cards No. 523 of 1,248 by HP · No. 339 of 1,170 by damage · top by HP: Mega Gengar ex, 350

top 29% on damage
BW Black Star Promos — 101 cards No. 34 of 93 by HP · No. 17 of 91 by damage · top by HP: Reshiram-EX, 180

top 18% on damage

Each bar is how far up this card sits when the archive is cut a different way. The bar is its place on HP; the tick is its place on printed damage. Counted from the card files this site reads, read July 28, 2026.

Hit points 110 HP~~middle half 60–130 HP~~
this card 110
Top printed damage 90 damage~~middle half 20–90 damage~~
this card 90

Lowest to highest printed in the archive
Middle half of the archive
This card

Each row is stretched from the lowest printed figure to the highest, so the two rows are not on one shared scale — read each row on its own.

Read from the card files this site reads, July 28, 2026. The archive tops out at 380 HP and 350 printed damage.

Cards in the same HP band

5,725 of 17,290 (33.1%)

Cards with this much printed damage

3,535 of 16,246 (21.8%)

Counted from the card files this site reads, one card at a time.

Open the group this card falls into

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Is Darkrai BW73 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Printed damage on its own says nothing — a 90 damage attack that needs 4 Energy and one that needs two are different cards. Dividing one by the other puts every attack on the same scale.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive

1 Energy9,392 cards49.049 damage typical

2 Energy4,565 cards32.565 damage typical

3 Energy2,533 cards34.7104 damage typical

4 Energy421 cards27.8111 damage typical

5 Energy47 cards41.8209 damage typical

Darkrai BW73 — this card23.090 damage for 4 Energy

Each bar is what cards asking that much Energy typically print, divided by the Energy they ask for. The number beside the bar is that figure.

Cards whose cheapest attack costs 2 typically return 32.5 damage per Energy card. This card returns 23.

Damage per Energy card, across the whole archive
Group	Share	Value
1 Energy	49.0	49 damage typical
2 Energy	32.5	65 damage typical
3 Energy	34.7	104 damage typical
4 Energy	27.8	111 damage typical
5 Energy	41.8	209 damage typical
Darkrai BW73 — this card	23.0	90 damage for 4 Energy

2501250 damage

012345 Energy

Typical for that Energy cost 6 groupsHide in Shadows 30 / 2Dark Hole 90 / 4

Further right is a costlier attack, further up is a harder-hitting one, so the cheap and heavy corner is top left. The size of a grey dot is how many cards sit at that Energy cost.

Energy cost against printed damage. Each grey dot is what cards asking that much Energy typically print; the coloured dots are the attacks on Darkrai BW73.
Group	Typical printed damage	Damage per Energy card	Cards in this group
Cheapest attack costs 0 Energy	45	—	304
Cheapest attack costs 1 Energy	49	49	9,392
Cheapest attack costs 2 Energy	65	33	4,565
Cheapest attack costs 3 Energy	104	35	2,533
Cheapest attack costs 4 Energy	111	28	421
Cheapest attack costs 5 Energy	209	42	47
Hide in Shadows	—	15	—
Dark Hole	—	23	—

This card, per Energy card

23 damage

Typical for a 2 Energy attack

32.5 damage

Difference

-9.5 damage

Both figures are damage divided by Energy cost, counted the same way.

Where this sits once the archive is cut by damage instead

The bars above cut the archive by what an attack asks for. Cut the same archive by what an attack prints and the groups come out differently — the damage ranges on record are gathered on one page, which is where a figure like 90 is read as high or low rather than merely large.

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Is Darkrai BW73 strong for a Team Plasma card?

Team Plasma cards are built large to begin with, so measuring this one against the whole archive mixes up what the mechanic gives it with what the card itself gives it. Measured inside its own group, the two come apart.

Hit points110 HPtypical for the group is 124 HP — this card is 11% below

Top printed damage90 damagetypical for the group is 66 damage — this card is 36% above

Retreat cost2 Energytypical for the group is 1 Energy — this card is 100% above

The group is every Team Plasma card in the archive — 113 of them. Each figure is compared with what that group typically prints, not with the archive as a whole.

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What does being a Darkness card do for Darkrai BW73?

Type decides two things at once — which cards take double damage from this one, and which cards deal double to it. Both are read from the weakness printed on each group, not from a rule of thumb.

Deals double to this card 1,884 Fighting cards carry that type A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage is enough to remove this card in one turn.

Darkrai BW73 · Basic Team Plasma 110 HP Its hardest attack is printed at 90 damage.

Takes double from this card — no group most often prints a Darkness weakness This type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule.

How the archive splits by energy type

Psychicmost often weak to Psychic13.5%2,335 cards

Watermost often weak to Lightning14.1%2,435 cards

Colorlessmost often weak to Fighting12.6%2,173 cards

Firemost often weak to Water9.1%1,574 cards

Fightingmost often weak to Grass10.9%1,884 cards

Lightningmost often weak to Fighting8.8%1,520 cards

Grassmost often weak to Fire13.8%2,387 cards

Metalmost often weak to Fire5.4%925 cards

Darkness — this cardmost often weak to Fighting7.2%1,249 cards

Dragonmost often weak to Fairy3.1%530 cards

Fairymost often weak to Metal1.4%237 cards

17,249 cards carry an energy type. The note under each name is the weakness printed most often on that group.

How the archive splits by energy type
Group	Share	Value
Psychic	13.5%	2,335 cards
Water	14.1%	2,435 cards
Colorless	12.6%	2,173 cards
Fire	9.1%	1,574 cards
Fighting	10.9%	1,884 cards
Lightning	8.8%	1,520 cards
Grass	13.8%	2,387 cards
Metal	5.4%	925 cards
Darkness — this card	7.2%	1,249 cards
Dragon	3.1%	530 cards
Fairy	1.4%	237 cards

Darknessweak to Fighting

Read from the weakness printed on each group. The first row is this card; the rest are groups that most often print a Darkness weakness.

What being a Darkness card is worth

No group in the archive most often prints a Darkness weakness, so this type gains nothing automatic from the weakness rule. Going the other way, Darkness cards are themselves most exposed to Fighting.

Every energy type in the archive

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What knocks out Darkrai BW73 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

Weakness doubles the damage a Fighting attack deals to this card, so the bar it has to clear is 55 printed damage rather than 110.

Cards that remove it in one attack

909

Cards it removes in one attack

788

Fighting damage needed to knock it out

Counted across the whole card archive. 110 HP against a Fighting weakness at ×2 decides all three figures.

Removes it in one attackMarshadowMega Evolution 14660 damage

×2Fighting weakness · 55 printed damage is enough
60 damage becomes 120 against this card

This cardDarkrai BW73BW Black Star Promos BW73110 HP

Why this card was picked to stand opposite

Of the 901 cards in the archive that can remove Darkrai BW73 in a single attack, this one clears the bar by the smallest margin — 60 printed damage against a bar of 55. Anything printed higher removes it just as surely, so this is where the line actually sits, and this print is legal in Standard play today.

Darkraiweak to Fighting ×2

Darkrairesists Psychic -20

Read from the two boxes in the lower-left corner of the card — weakness multiplies incoming damage, resistance subtracts from it.

What the Psychic resistance changes

Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack printed high enough to knock this card out on paper may not do it. Resistance is a flat subtraction, not a multiplier — it does not scale with the attack.

Fighting cards that remove Darkrai in one attack
Card	Set	HP	Printed damage	After weakness
Mega Lucario ex (77)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (160)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (179)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (188)	Mega Evolution	340	270	540
Mega Lucario ex (113)	Ascended Heroes	340	270	540
Toxtricity ex (100)	Paradox Rift	260	270	540

110 HP against a Fighting ×2 weakness means any Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more is enough. 909 cards in the archive clear that bar.

180 HP Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX [63]

Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX 143 — Ultra Prism

180 HP Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX [143]

Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX 161 — Ultra Prism

180 HP Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX [161]

Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX SM101 — SM Black Star Promos

180 HP Dawn Wings Necrozma-GX [SM101]

180 HP Mew ex [193]

180 HP Mew ex [205]

Cards this one removes in a single attack

788 cards in the archive are weak to Darkness and sit inside the damage this card can deal. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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What is Darkrai as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Darkrai BW73 is one print of Darkrai. The figures below are about the Pokémon rather than this single card — how many times it has been printed, how tough those prints run, and how many of them can still be played.

Darkrai has been printed 64 times, and the printed numbers move from one print to the next. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

The three toughest Darkrai cards ever printedPokédex #491Prints on record 64Toughest print 280 HPThis card 110 HP

64prints

Legal in Standard27Older prints, not in Standard37

Every Darkrai print on record, split by whether it can still be entered in Standard play.

Legality is read from the print rather than from the Pokémon, so an older copy of the same Pokémon is a different card for tournament purposes.

The toughest Darkrai printed is 280 HP, and this card is 39.3% of it

Bars are printed HP, measured against the record for this Pokémon

Mega Darkrai ex 116/084the toughest Darkrai ever printedME05: Pitch Black280 HP
Darkrai BW73against that record39.3% of the record110 HP

Read from the printed card face of every Darkrai print on record. Printed HP does not change after a card is issued.

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Is this the strongest Darkrai print, and can the older ones still be played?

64 prints carry this name in the archive, and 45 of them are laid out below. They share a Pokémon but not a card — printed HP, printed damage and tournament legality all move from one print to the next.

Bar height and the number above each bar = highest HP that year; the two digits below = the year.

Rows run from the toughest print down. Bars are printed HP, measured against the toughest print of this name shown here (280 HP), and the highlighted row is the card this page is about.

45 rows are shown of the 64 prints counted under this name.

Darkrai prints — can each one still be played?
Print	Set	Regulation mark	Standard
Mega Darkrai ex 116/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Darkrai ex 120/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Darkrai ex 101/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Mega Darkrai ex 048/084	ME05: Pitch Black	Mark J	Legal in Standard
Umbreon & Darkrai-GX 125/236	SM - Unified Minds	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai VSTAR GG50/GG70	SWSH: Crown Zenith: Galarian Gallery	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Darkrai VSTAR 099/189	Jumbo Cards	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Darkrai ex 110	Battle Academy 2024	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Darkrai V 098/189	SWSH10: Astral Radiance	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX 107/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-GX SV70/SV94	Hidden Fates: Shiny Vault	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX 118/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-GX 158/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-GX 139/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX BW46	Black and White Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX 88/113	Legendary Treasures	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX 63/108	Dark Explorers	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-GX 88/147	SM - Burning Shadows	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai-EX 74/122	XY - BREAKpoint	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Kingambit 113	Battle Academy 2024	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Darkrai ◇ 77/156	SM - Ultra Prism	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai & Cresselia LEGEND 100/102	Triumphant	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 136/197	Trick or Trade BOOster Bundle 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Yveltal 118/182	Battle Academy 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Darkrai XY22	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 087/147	League & Championship Cards	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 105/189	Miscellaneous Cards & Products	Mark D	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 120/196	SWSH11: Lost Origin	Mark F	Legal in Standard
Salazzle 140/197	Battle Academy 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Darkrai XY114	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai XY194	XY Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 167/264	Battle Academy 2022	Mark E	Not legal in Standard
Seviper 137/193	Battle Academy 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Darkrai BW73	BW Black Star Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai LV.X 104/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai LV.X DP19	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Bisharp 112	Battle Academy 2024	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Darkrai G 3/111	Rising Rivals	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai DP52	Diamond and Pearl Promos	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 3/100	Majestic Dawn	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 4/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Darkrai 3/106	Great Encounters	No mark printed	Not legal in Standard
Pawniard 111	Battle Academy 2024	Mark H	Legal in Standard
Salandit 139/197	Battle Academy 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard
Rookidee 164/193	Battle Academy 2024	Mark G	Legal in Standard

18 of the 45 prints listed here are legal in Standard play. An older print of the same Pokémon is a different card for legality, because legality is read from the print rather than from the name — so owning the cheap old copy does not always mean you can enter with it.

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Every card below carries the same Pokédex number as this one, so they are the same Pokémon printed as different cards — different stages, different mechanics and different names all sit in this group.

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What was printed next to Darkrai BW73 in BW Black Star Promos?

A card is met inside a set, not on its own, and the number on it is the order that set gave it. The cards either side are the ones a collector actually turns past to reach this one.

Cards printed either side of this one

These are the cards numbered either side of #BW73 in BW Black Star Promos. The badge on each card is its printed HP. Point at a card to see it full size.Tap a card to open its page.

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Which rules apply to Darkrai BW73, and where can it be played?

Two kinds of rule meet on one card — the sentence printed on the card face, and the rulebook clauses that apply because of what the card carries.

Rulebook clauses that apply to Darkrai BW73
Clause	What the rulebook says	Cards it applies to	Share of the archive
Weakness	Some Pokemon have Weakness or Resistance to Pokemon of certain types, marked in the lower-left corner of the card.	16,744 cards	81.9%
Retreat	Retreat your Active Pokemon (only once per turn).	17,244 cards	84.3%
Energy per turn	You can attach Energy just once each turn!	17,180 cards	84.0%

Counted across 20,444 English cards. A clause applies to this card because the card carries the property the clause names, not because we judged it to.

Darkrai BW73 — tournament formats
Format	Status	What that means
Standard	Not listed	This card is not listed for this format
Expanded	Legal	Can be played in this format
Unlimited	Legal	Can be played in this format

Read from the format list recorded with the card. Formats rotate on a schedule set by the organiser, and that schedule is not published on this page.

Where this card can be played

This card is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. It was released on March 1, 2011.

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Darkrai BW73 in depth — what these figures add up to

Three readings of the same card, side by side: what it costs to get going, where it sits among the cards it will be compared with, and what takes it off the field.

What it asks a deck for

Its hardest attack, Dark Hole, needs 4 Energy attached. Energy attaches once a turn, so that attack waits 4 turns from an empty card.
That works out at 23 damage for every Energy card attached.
Moving it out of the active spot costs 2 more Energy, discarded from the card itself.

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

Every card in the archiveNo. 5,859 of 17,290

Darkness cardsNo. 523 of 1,248

BW Black Star PromosNo. 34 of 93

What actually removes it

A Fighting attack printed at 55 damage removes it in a single turn — that is the bar, not its 110 HP.
909 cards in the archive clear that bar.
Going the other way, it removes 788 cards in one attack.
Damage from Psychic attacks is reduced before it is applied, so an attack that clears the bar on paper may still fall short.

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Darkrai BW73 card record

Darkrai BW73 — the printed record, field by field
Hit points	110 HP	Type	Darkness
Weakness	Fighting ×2	Retreat cost	2 Energy
Card type	Basic Team Plasma	Pokédex number	#491
Set	BW Black Star Promos	Card number	BW73 of 101
Series	Black & White	Released	March 1, 2011
Rarity	Promo	Illustrator	5ban Graphics
Tournament legality	Unlimited and Expanded only

Read from the printed card face, the set listing and the official format list.

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What does Darkrai BW73 cost?

This page is about what the card does. The figure below is the one number worth carrying across, read on August 14, 2026.

Market price today

$230.78

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Darkrai BW73 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Darkrai BW73?

Darkrai BW73 has 110 HP and a Fighting weakness at ×2, so a Fighting attack printed at 55 damage or more removes it in one turn. Any other type has to print the full 110.

What is the strongest attack on Darkrai BW73?

Dark Hole, printed at 90 damage for 4 Energy — 23 damage per Energy card. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

What is the retreat cost of Darkrai BW73?

2 Energy, discarded from this card to move it out of the active spot. Retreating is allowed once per turn.

Can an older Darkrai print be played in a tournament?

Legality is read from the print, not from the Pokémon. Of the 45 prints listed on this page, 18 are legal in Standard play. The rest can still be played in formats that accept them, and the table on this page names the regulation mark each print carries.

Can Darkrai BW73 be played in a tournament?

It is legal in Unlimited and Expanded play. Standard events run on a rotating list of sets, so check the current rotation before entering one.

Does this page say how good Darkrai BW73 is in a deck?

No. Every figure here is read from the printed card. Deck lists, tournament results and win rates are not published on this site, because the card files it reads do not contain them.

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Where these card facts come from

Card facts are read once from openly published card files and do not change between readings — a printed card cannot gain HP. The places below are where the same information can be checked. Last updated: July 28, 2026 — the counts and rankings on this page were taken from the card files read on that day.

Primary official source

First-party official sources — the body that issues the data itself, such as a government agency, a statutory register or a rights holder publishing its own records.

The Pokémon Company International — official rules, tournament format and rotation announcements www.pokemon.com

Industry source

Second-party sources — marketplaces, trade associations, research institutes and companies that compile data about the market.

Pokémon TCG Data — openly published card files (card text, HP, attacks, weakness, retreat cost, illustrator credits) github.com

TCGdex card database — openly licensed card files (set membership and card numbering) github.com

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Darkrai BW73 — what does this card actually do?

What does Darkrai BW73 do in a game?

Darkrai BW73 performance summary

What it can do

Where it stands

Darkrai BW73 at a glance

What do the attacks on Darkrai BW73 cost, and what do they hit for?

How does Darkrai BW73 compare with every other card?

Is Darkrai BW73 efficient for the Energy it asks for?

Is Darkrai BW73 strong for a Team Plasma card?

What does being a Darkness card do for Darkrai BW73?

What knocks out Darkrai BW73 in one hit, and what does it knock out?

What is Darkrai as a Pokémon, across every card it has been printed on?

Is this the strongest Darkrai print, and can the older ones still be played?

Which other cards share the Pokémon behind Darkrai BW73?

What was printed next to Darkrai BW73 in BW Black Star Promos?

Which rules apply to Darkrai BW73, and where can it be played?

Darkrai BW73 in depth — what these figures add up to

What it asks a deck for

Where its HP stands, cut four ways

What actually removes it

Darkrai BW73 card record

What does Darkrai BW73 cost?

Darkrai BW73 — frequently asked questions

How much damage does it take to knock out Darkrai BW73?

What is the strongest attack on Darkrai BW73?

What is the retreat cost of Darkrai BW73?

Can an older Darkrai print be played in a tournament?

Can Darkrai BW73 be played in a tournament?

Does this page say how good Darkrai BW73 is in a deck?

Where these card facts come from

Before you rely on these figures

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