Murkrow (EX Sandstorm 47)

Murkrow   ヤミカラス Yamikarasu

Illus. Mitsuhiro Arita

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Murkrow Type Darkness HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance -30 retreat cost English expansion EX Sandstorm Rarity English card no. 47/100 Japanese expansion Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 063/080 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Murkrow.

Murkrow (Japanese: ヤミカラス Yamikarasu) is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Sandstorm expansion.

Card text

Surprise おどろかす

Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking. Look at the card you chose, then have your opponent shuffle that card into his or her deck.

Dark Mind ナイトヘッド 20

Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.)

e-Reader data

This card's ID is I-61-#. The Dot Code strip contains Pokédex information, a TCG glossary snippet, and a brief area summary for Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire.

Pokédex data

Murkrow - Darkness Pokémon
No.	Height	Weight
???	1'08" (0.5 m)	5.0 lbs. (2.1 kg)
Pokédex entry
Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night.

Release information

This card is one of the 46 cards first released in September 2003 in the English EX Sandstorm expansion before the release of their Japanese prints. The Japanese print was later released on October 24 in the Magma VS Aqua: Two Ambitions expansion.

Trivia

Origin

Surprise and Dark Mind's Japanese names are those of Astonish and Night Shade, respectively, both of which are moves in the Pokémon games that Murkrow can learn. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Gold.

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