Malamar

Malamar

Malamar appears in the English print of SM Black Star Promos, released on February 3, 2017. Malamar is a promo rarity and 90 HP. The SM Black Star Promos set contains 251 cards.

Artist Info

This card's illustration was created by Shin Nagasawa.

Collector Insights

Malamar is a Psychic-type Pokémon with 90 HP. It features the ability Psychic Recharge, which allows attaching a Psychic Energy card from the discard pile to one of the player’s Benched Pokémon during their turn. The card’s primary attack, Psychic Sphere, costs two Psychic Energy and one Colorless Energy to deal 60 damage. Malamar has a retreat cost of two Colorless Energy. It is weak to Psychic-type attacks, which deal double damage. The card belongs to the Sun & Moon series and is part of the SM Black Star Promos set, released in February 2017. Artist Shin Nagasawa designed the illustration, depicting a Pokémon that uses hypnotic movements to lure prey before subduing it. The flavor text describes Malamar as a creature that entices targets with mesmerizing motions before delivering a final attack using digestive fluids.

It lures prey close with hypnotic motions, then wraps its tentacles around it before finishing it off with digestive fluids.

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