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([[List of Japanese Pokémon names|Japanese]]: '''デスカーン''' ''Desukaan'') is a {{type2|Ghost}} Pokémon introduced in [[Generation V]].

Desukaan is a blue and yellow sarcophagus with red, menacing eyes, with four ebony hands that appear to be shadows. A simply designed face is prominent on the "forehead" of the Pokémon. White, sharp fangs create a taunting smile and flamboyant patterns veil the coffin. It is also made out of gold.

According to its Pokédex entry in Black, ancient legends once told Desukaan could eat nearby humans and turn their lifeless bodies into mummies. It also has the abiltiy to form two pairs of arms. Its real face is covered up by parts that slide out of the way when it's active.

Desukaan imitates an elegant coffin to lure in unsuspecting grave robbers and punish them.

Desukaan are rumored to eat humans, but are known to enjoy the taste of gold.

While Desukaan did not appear itself, a replica of its coffin appeared in a [[Shippou City]] Museum exhibit in [[BW014]].

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* Desukaan is one of the four Pokémon with four arms. The others are {{p|Machamp}}, {{p|Graveler}}, and {{p|Ledian}}.

* Desukaan has the highest base {{stat|Defense}} stat of all {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon.

* No other Pokémon has the same [[egg group]] combination as Desukaan and its {{p|Desumasu|pre-evolution}}.

* Desukaan is the only {{DL|List of Pokémon by color|yellow}} {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon.

* Although Desukaan is able to learn {{m|Nightmare}} through breeding and {{m|Dream Eater}} through a TM, it does not learn any sleep-inducing moves.

Desukaan's design is based off a {{wp|sarcophagus}}. It was also most likely based on {{wp|Curse of the pharaohs|supposedly cursed Egyptian tombs}}. Any trespassers in the tombs are said to fall under a "curse" from its owner, which is said to cause illness, serious injury, or death. The hype of cursed tombs was made popular when many people in a team of explorers in 1922, who had opened and entered {{wp|Tutankhamun|King Tutankhamun's tomb}}, began dying after the exploration. {{a|Mummy|Desukaan's ability}} to passively turn other Pokémon into mummies that in turn transform other Pokémon into mummies is very similar to the popular culture depiction of the spread of a "zombie virus" in horror films.