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I Pokémon Dark hanno fatto la loro prima apparizione nell'espansione {{GCC|Team Rocket}}, nella quale tutti i Pokémon evoluti erano Pokémon Dark. Questo perché il [[Team Rocket]] è un'organizzazione malvagia ed allena i propri Pokémon ad essere malvagi anch'essi.
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{{TCG|Gym Heroes}} and {{TCG|Gym Challenge}} touched on the theme with the appearance of Rocket's Pokémon, similar in many respects to Dark Pokémon from the previous Expansion.
In termini di design delle carte, la finestra dell'artwork dei Pokémon Dark è di colore marrone/nero, a differenza dell'usuale color oro. Spesso i Pokémon Dark hanno PS più bassi e attacchi che infliggono più danni rispetto alle normali carte Pokémon, proprio per rappresentare il carattere altamente offensivo dell'allenatore che li alleva.
With the inclusion of {{type|Dark}} Pokémon in [[Generation II]], it was thought that the corrupt counterparts would not surface again to avoid confusion. However, with the release of {{TCG|Neo Destiny}}, which as the title suggests, revolves around the potential path or "destiny" a Pokémon can follow depending on how it is brought up by their {{pkmn|Trainer}}, Dark Pokémon made another appearance. The set also illustrated that Pokémon with Dark in their names and Pokémon whose representative energy was the Darkness-type differed, with Dark Houndoom released as a {{TCG|Fire}} Pokémon.
In terms of card design, Dark Pokémon have a brown/black character window, evolution box and Pokédex box, as opposed to the regular gold. In terms of gameplay, Dark Pokémon tend to have higher attack damage and lower HPs compared to those of normal Pokémon, likely due to the highly offensive nature of the Trainer. Also, most evolved [[Generation I]] Pokémon feature alternate pictures of their previous stage in their evolution box.
Though Dark Pokémon did not appear in the {{TCG|EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua}} expansion, Pokémon belonging to [[Team Aqua]] or [[Team Magma]] utilized the new game mechanic of dual-types, in which many evolved and legendary Pokémon displayed a Darkness dual type to further emphasise their allegiance with a [[villainous team]]. This also essentially rejected the difference between Dark Pokémon and Darkness-type Pokémon as displayed in Neo Destiny. This would remain for subsequent releases.
Dark Celebi, featured in {{TCG|EX Hidden Legends}} was the first card in the EX Series to include "Dark" in its name, and was included in the set likely due to its close ties with ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', in which Team Rocket member [[Iron-Masked Marauder]] captures a [[Celebi]] using a [[Dark Ball]] and uses it to create chaos.
The latest appearance of Dark Pokémon was in the {{TCG|EX Team Rocket Returns}} expansion, in which all Dark Pokémon are dual Darkness types (with the exception of those that are normally Colorless) and all Pokémon belonging to Team Rocket are purely Darkness types.
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==Pokémon apparsi come Pokémon Dark==
{{cardlist/header|Pokémon Dark|Oscurità|char=yes}}
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