Kadabra (Skyridge 69)

Kadabra   ユンゲラー Yungerer

Illus. Toshinao Aoki

Evolution stage Stage 1 Pokémon Evolves from Abra Card name Kadabra Type Psychic HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion Skyridge Rarity English card no. 69/144 Japanese expansion Split Earth Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 041/088 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Kadabra.

Kadabra (Japanese: ユンゲラー Yungerer) is a Psychic-type Stage 1 Pokémon card. It is part of the Skyridge expansion.

Card text

Nightmare あくむ 10

The Defending Pokémon is now Asleep.

Mind Shock マインドショック 40

Don't apply Weakness and Resistance.

e-Reader data

This card's ID is E-21-#. The short strip contains Pokédex information, a brief card summary, and information on the content of the long strip.

Pokédex data

Kadabra - Psi Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
064	4'03" (1.3 m)	125.0 lbs. (56.5 kg)
Pokédex entry
When it closes its eyes, twice as many alpha particles come out of the surface of its body.
つよい　せいしんりょくの　もちぬし。　ピンチに　なれば　なるほど　のうりょくが　かたまっていく。

Hidden Poké-Power

The long strip contains data for an additional Poké-Power this card can use:

Psy-Capture サイコキャプチャー

You can use this power once during your turn (before your attack), if Kadabra is your Active Pokémon. This Poké-Power lets each player draw a number of cards from his or her deck. This power can't be used when Kadabra is affected by a Special Condition.

Selecting "Yes" reveals the number of cards.

Trivia

This would be the last appearance of Kadabra in the TCG for nearly 20 years until the release of Kadabra from the 151 expansion in 2023, despite Abra and Alakazam being included in other expansions since. This is due to illusionist Uri Geller's lawsuit against Nintendo over the similarity between Kadabra's Japanese name (ユンゲラー Yungerer) and appearance to his own.

Mysterious Treasures contained the last appearance of Abra until the release of Abra from the 151 expansion in 2023. It had an attack that allowed it to evolve directly into an Alakazam.

In November 2020, Uri Geller dismissed his lawsuit on Kadabra's depiction in the TCG due to fan outcry, thus allowing Kadabra cards to be released again.

Origin

Nightmare is a move in the Pokémon games that Kadabra can learn via TM50 in Generation II. Mind Shock is a move that first appeared on Dark Kadabra and Dark Alakazam from Team Rocket. This card's English e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal, whereas the Japanese entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

References

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.