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Rare Candy (Japanese: ふしぎなアメ Mystery Candy) is a type of consumable item introduced in Pokémon Red and Green.

In the games

Effect

Manual activation

A Rare Candy raises the consuming Pokémon's level by one, up until level 100. It adds experience to a Pokémon until it levels up, and then stops, even if it just added a single experience point. Also, it revives the consuming Pokémon if it has fainted (the amount of HP remaining is varied). It is consumed upon use and cannot be used in battle.

In Generations I and II, Pokémon above level 100 could level up using Rare Candies until level 255, after which another Rare Candy would revert it to level 0 where no more could be used.

Held item

The Rare Candy can be held, but has no effect as a held item.

Description

Acquisition

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Artwork

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  Rare Candy artwork from Generation I

In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series, Joy Seeds are the equivalent of Rare Candy.

In the anime

Rare Candy in the anime

Rare Candy appeared in Caterpie's Big Dilemma. However, unlike in the games, where Rare Candy levels up a Pokémon, in the episode it actually makes the Pokémon larger (and in some cases uncontrollable) due to the fact that this was a specially modified and experimental version of it. Brock said that the original would merely "enhance a Pokémon's abilities". Also, due to a dubbing error, the Rare Candy was referred by a direct translation of its Japanese name, Mystery Candy.

In the TCG

The following is a list of cards named Rare Candy.

Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Rare Candy	I	EX Sandstorm		88/100	Miracle of the Desert		050/053
		EX Emerald		83/106	Holon Phantom		048/052
		EX Holon Phantoms		90/110	Moonlit Pursuit/Dawn Dash
		POP Series 5		7/17	Leafeon vs Metagross Expert Deck		009/014
		Great Encounters		102/106	Reviving Legends		071/080
		POP Series 8		10/17	Dark Rush		065/069
		Unleashed		82/95	Hydreigon Half Deck		011/015
		Dark Explorers		100/108	Garchomp Half Deck		011/015
					BW-P Promotional cards		138/BW-P
					Master Deck Build Box EX		031/046
					Black Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck		011/018
					White Kyurem-EX Battle Strength Deck		011/018

Trivia

• The item duplication glitch is sometimes called the Rare Candy glitch due to the desirability of Rare Candies.
• Humans can consume Rare Candies, but they may not like them as this is the equivalent of eating dog food in the real world.^[1]

In other languages

Language Title French Super Bonbon German Sonderbonbon Italian Caramella Rara Spanish Carameloraro

References

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.