Magic Powder
Pokémon Champions
Changes the target's type to Psychic.
- Power
- –
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 20
- Hits
- One Pokémon next to the user
Changes over time
How Magic Powder changed from game to game, newest first.
- Gen IX
… is an Arceus or a Silvally,
dropped: orif the target is already purely Psychicdropped: type.added: type, or if the target is Terastallized.
Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.
See it in the games
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How it works in Champions
Causes the target to become a Psychic type. Fails if the target is an Arceus or a Silvally, if the target is already purely Psychic type, or if the target is Terastallized.
- Powder: Grass types are immune
- Bounced back by
“The user scatters a cloud of magic powder that changes the target's type to Psychic.”
In-game text, Scarlet & Violet
Good to know
- Powder move: Grass types, Overcoat and Safety Goggles are immune.Powder and spore moves
- Magic Coat and Magic Bounce send it back to the user.Moves Magic Bounce reflects
Who runs Magic Powder on Showdown
Smogon · Showdown Champions VGC · Sep 2026: Smogon’s usage stats from Pokémon Showdown, not the in-game ladder.
Who learns Magic Powder
1 Pokémon can learn it in Pokémon Champions.
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