Inkay (XY 74)

Inkay   マーイーカ Maaiika

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Evolution stage Basic Pokémon Card name Inkay Type Darkness HP 60 weakness ×2 resistance -20 retreat cost English expansion XY Rarity English card no. 74/146 Japanese expansion Collection Y Japanese rarity Japanese card no. 035/060 For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Inkay.

Inkay (Japanese: マーイーカ Maaiika) is a Darkness-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the XY expansion.

Card text

Upside-Down Evolution

さかさましんか

Once during your turn, (before your attack), if this Pokémon is Confused, you may search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon. (This counts as evolving this Pokémon.) Shuffle your deck afterward.

Confusion Wave

へんなねんぱ

Both Active Pokémon are now Confused.

Pokédex data

Inkay - Revolving Pokémon

No.

686

Height

1'04" (0.4 m)

Weight

7.7 lbs. (3.5 kg)

Pokédex entry

Opponents who stare at the flashing of the light-emitting spots on its body become dazed and lose their will to fight.

発光体の　点滅を　見つめた　相手は　目が　くらみ　戦う　気持ちが　なくなってしまうのだ。

Trivia

Origin

The Upside-Down Evolution Ability references Inkay's method of Evolution in the core series games, which requires the game system to be held upside-down — when a Pokémon in the TCG is Confused, the card is flipped upside-down. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon X.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.