Dark Hypno [1st Edition] - Pokemon Team Rocket #26
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Dark Hypno [1st Edition]
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Dark Hypno [1st Edition] Card Facts & History
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Card History
Dark Hypno is the non-holo rare counterpart to Dark Hypno holo in Team Rocket, giving collectors two vintage chase versions of the same sinister Rocket-era artwork concept in one iconic set.
Set Lore
Team Rocket is the expansion that introduced Dark Pokémon to the TCG, so Dark Hypno is part of the very first wave of cards that gave familiar Kanto evolutions a corrupted Team Rocket identity.
In-Game
Dark Hypno’s flavor text closely echoes Hypno’s Pokédex lore, which describes it as always carrying a pendulum and lurking on less-traveled roads to hypnotize prey.
Card History
Its attack Bench Manipulation feels especially devious for a Team Rocket card, turning your opponent’s own Bench into a risk and matching the set’s sabotage-heavy villain theme.
Artist
Dark Hypno was illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno, one of the longest-running Pokémon TCG artists whose soft, storybook-style paintings have been recognizable since the early WotC era.