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What Darkness can do

Darkness plays for damage over time — poison, self-damage counters and attacks that get better the longer the game runs.

Hits hardest, soonest

Ranked by damage per turn — the earliest turn an attack can be used, counting evolutions as well as energy. How this is ranked

  1. 1HydreigonHyper Ray · DDD · Stage 2Discard all Energy from this Pokémon.130turn 316% of ex
  2. 2Dragalge exDraconic Whip · DC · Stage 180turn 20% of ex
  3. 3Mega Absol exDarkness Claw · DD · BasicYour opponent reveals their hand. Choose a Supporter card you find there and discard it.80turn 20% of ex
  4. 4Umbreon exDarkness Fang · DD · Stage 180turn 20% of ex
  5. 5MabosstiffWild Tackle · DDC · Stage 1This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself.110turn 31% of ex
  6. 6Single Strike UrshifuPower Blast · DDC · Stage 1Discard a [D] Energy from this Pokémon.110turn 31% of ex
  7. 7GarbodorSludge Whirlpool · DD · Stage 170turn 20% of ex
  8. 8LiepardSlashing Claw · DD · Stage 170turn 20% of ex
  9. 9ScraftyHigh Jump Kick · DD · Stage 170turn 20% of ex
  10. 10WeezingSludge Bomb · DD · Stage 170turn 20% of ex
  11. 11ZoroarkNight Daze · DD · Stage 170turn 20% of ex
  12. 12TyranitarBuster Tail · DDDC · Stage 2130turn 416% of ex

Gets energy down faster

One energy attaches per turn on its own. These are every card that beats that rate for Darkness, the quickest to play first.

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46 Darkness cards are left out of the ranking because their damage is a coin flip, a multiplier or conditional. Current as of Team Rocket’s Ambition.