Dark Celebi (EX Hidden Legends 4)

Dark Celebi   Ｒ団のセレビィ Rocket's Celebi

Illus. Ken Ikuji

Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Dark Celebi Types Grass/Darkness HP 70 weakness ×2 resistance None retreat cost English expansion EX Hidden Legends Rarity English card no. 4/101 Japanese expansion Rocket Gang Strikes Back Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 071/084 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Celebi.

Dark Celebi (Japanese: Ｒ団のセレビィ Rocket's Celebi) is a dual-type Grass/Darkness Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the EX Hidden Legends expansion.

Card text

This Pokémon is both type

Dark Provide ダークプロバイド

Attach up to 1 or Energy card from your hand to your Pokémon.

Leaf Poison どくのこな 20

The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned.

Trivia

• Dark Celebi is the first Pokémon with "Dark" in its name to be dual-typed with Darkness and its own type, a mechanic more prominently featured in the EX Team Rocket Returns expansion, which, in Japan, this card was a part of. The reason for its inclusion in EX Hidden Legends is unknown, but it is possible Pokémon USA wanted to display more dual-type variety other than Psychic and Metal. It is also the first, and only, Basic Pokémon to be a Dark Pokémon.
• The Japanese name of the card is R団のセレビィ Rocket's Celebi, and it is purely a Darkness-type card, as with all Rocket's Pokémon in the expansion.

Origin

• This card references the fate of the Celebi of Celebi: The Voice of the Forest, which was captured in a Dark Ball by the Iron-Masked Marauder. Despite being a nod, the Pokémon featured on the card, however, does not appear to be the same one from the movie, since it depicts Celebi with its eye pupils unchanged.
• Leaf Poison's Japanese name is that of Poison Powder, a move in the Pokémon games that Celebi cannot learn.

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