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Poochyena
Darkness Pokémon Common Platinum
Card profile
Card year
2009
Feb 11, 2009
Set release
PL
Platinum · Platinum
Catalog appearances
18
16 sets · 2003-2026
Pokemon debut
Generation III
Hoenn · 2002
Evolution
Card details
Released
Feb 11, 2009
Year
2009
Series
Platinum
Set size
127 / 133
Card number
#86 of 127
Stage
Basic
National Dex
#261
Artist
Tomokazu Komiya
Level
Lv.12
#261 Poochyena
Generation III · Hoenn · introduced 2002 in Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Ascended Heroes
Jan 30, 2026 · #128 · Common
No quote
Twilight Masquerade
May 24, 2024 · #113 · Common
$0.16
Temporal Forces
Mar 22, 2024 · #105 · Common
$0.14
Crown Zenith Galarian Gallery
Jan 20, 2023 · #GG33 · Trainer Gallery Rare Holo
$6.28
Astral Radiance
May 27, 2022 · #95 · Common
$0.29
Vivid Voltage
Nov 13, 2020 · #103 · Common
$0.16
Team Up
Feb 1, 2019 · #86 · Common
$0.42
Phantom Forces
Nov 5, 2014 · #53 · Common
$0.76
Kalos Starter Set
Nov 8, 2013 · #16
$0.77
Platinum
Feb 11, 2009 · #86 · Common
$9.75
Legends Awakened
Aug 1, 2008 · #116 · Common
$4.97
Power Keepers
Feb 2, 2007 · #58 · Common
$13.25
Holon Phantoms
May 1, 2006 · #80 · Common
$12.43
Delta Species
Oct 31, 2005 · #79 · Common
$19.39
Deoxys
Feb 1, 2005 · #70 · Common
$29.95
Ruby & Sapphire
Jul 1, 2003 · #65 · Common
$16.82
Ruby & Sapphire
Jul 1, 2003 · #64 · Common
$12.83
Ruby & Sapphire
Jul 1, 2003 · #63 · Common
$11.99
24 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #261.
Attacks
Howl
Search your deck for Poochyena and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward.
Lunge
D
20 Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Battle stats
Weakness
Fighting +10
Resistance
Psychic -20
Retreat cost
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Market value
Price history
Flavor text
A Pokémon with persistent nature, it chases its prey until the prey becomes exhausted.
Legality
Unlimited
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