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Team Rocket's Hypno card from the Destined Rivals set
Illustration by Yuya Oka. Card image via the Pokémon TCG API.
Stage 1 Pokémon

Team Rocket's Hypno

A powerful attacker that deals massive damage based on coin flips.

Psychic130 HPStage 1Intermediate to play

What this card does

It has 130 HP and evolves from Team Rocket's Drowzee.

It can use Psyshot for 40 damage or Bench Manipulation for variable damage.

Signature attack

Bench Manipulation

Your opponent flips a coin for each of their Benched Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon for each tails. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance. (80× damage)

The attack Bench Manipulation deals 80 damage for every tails result when flipping a coin for each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. This means the more Pokémon your child has on their bench, the higher the potential damage.

Attacks

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Psyshot40
PPP
Bench Manipulation80×

Your opponent flips a coin for each of their Benched Pokémon. This attack does 80 damage to your opponent's Active Pokémon for each tails. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance.

Which deck it belongs in

This card suits aggressive decks that want to remove multiple opponents' Pokémon quickly. It works best when paired with cards that fill the bench to maximise the coin flips.

Strengths
  • High damage potential
  • Bench clearing ability
  • Unaffected by weaknesses
Watch out for
  • Requires three energy cards
  • Relies on random coin flips
Pro tip

Use this attack when your opponent has many Pokémon on their bench to maximise the number of coin flips.

From the Pokédex

Hypno is known for luring children into a deep sleep with its pendulum.

Note for the parent

Explain to your child that this attack relies on luck, so it might be very strong or quite weak depending on the coin tosses.

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