Umbreon & Darkrai-GX (Unified Minds 125)

Umbreon & Darkrai

ブラッキー＆ダークライGX Blacky & DarkraiGX

Unified Minds print
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage

Card name

HP

270

weakness ×2	resistance -20	retreat cost

Expansion	Unified Minds
Rarity
English card no.	125/236
Japanese Deck	Umbreon & Darkrai-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set
Japanese card no.	010/031

English expansion	SM Black Star Promos
English card no.	SM241
Japanese expansion	Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	182/173

Japanese expansion	Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	181/173

Japanese expansion	Tag All Stars
Japanese rarity
Japanese card no.	215/173

For more information on the Pokémon depicted on this card, see Umbreon and Darkrai.

Umbreon & Darkrai (Japanese: ブラッキー＆ダークライGX Blacky & DarkraiGX) is a Darkness-type Basic TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX card. It was first released as part of the Unified Minds expansion.

Card text

TAG TEAM

	Black Lance ^{[create category]} ブラックランス	150

This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon-GX or Benched Pokémon-EX. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

	Dark Moon-GX ^{[create category]} デッドムーンGX

Your opponent can't play any Trainer cards from their hand during their next turn. If this Pokémon has at least 5 extra Energy attached to it (in addition to this attack's cost), your opponent's Active Pokémon is Knocked Out. (You can't use more than 1 GX attack in a game.)

TAG TEAM rule
When your TAG TEAM is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.

Release information

This card was included as a Regular card in the Unified Minds expansion with artwork by Mitsuhiro Arita, first released in the Japanese Umbreon & Darkrai-GX Tag Team GX Starter Set. It was later included as a Full Art card, a Special Full Art card, and as a Rainbow Rare in the Japanese Tag All Stars subset. The Full Art and Rainbow Rare prints feature artwork by 5ban Graphics, while the Special Full Art print features artwork by so-taro. The Special Full Art print became a SM Black Star Promo available in the TAG TEAM Powers Collection from March 27, 2020. One variant of this collection also included a Jumbo version of the SM Promotional print.

Gallery

Unified Minds print
Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

SM Promotional print
Illus. so-taro

Tag All Stars Full Art print
Illus. 5ban Graphics

Tag All Stars Rainbow Rare print
Illus. 5ban Graphics

Trivia

Atsushi Nagashima, the game director of the TCG, has stated that Espeon and Umbreon were chosen to be featured on TAG TEAM cards because the development team wanted a pairing of Psychic and Dark Pokémon.^[1] This card was featured in the Tag Team GX Starter Sets alongside Espeon & Deoxys-GX. As Espeon's TAG TEAM partner was Deoxys, Darkrai was chosen as Umbreon's partner so both Eeveelutions would be accompanied by Mythical Pokémon.^[2]

The Regular print of this card forms a narrative illustration with Umbreon from Aquapolis. These prints show Umbreon on rooftops in a city with a clock tower, with one depicting Umbreon awake at night while the other depicts Umbreon sleeping during the day. Mitsuhiro Arita, who illustrated the Aquapolis Umbreon, drew the Regular print of this card with Umbreon standing alongside Darkrai on a similar rooftop with the same clock tower in the background.^[3]

Origin

References

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

[1] Exclusive: Pokemon TCG Explains Pokemon Tag Team Pairings in Unified Minds Expansion, ComicBook.com

[2] An Interview with Atsushi Nagashima about New TAG TEAM Pokémon-GX, Pokemon.com

[3] Uncovering The Hidden Inspiration And Stories Behind Pokemon Cards, GameSpot

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