Dark Crobat takes the Power of Dark Golbat and moves it up a notch. Which, of course, makes sense. The attack is interesting as well and also combos with the Powers. You can Sneak Attack and Surprise Bite your Opponent's Pokemon until they only have 10 HP left and then Dark Drain them to Oblivion. Actually, you really want to keep the Bats out of the direct combat and find some support Pokemon to sit in the Active position.

Let's look at the Damage numbers that you can do without even attacking once:

4 x 10 = 40 from the Dark Golbats.

4 x 20 = 80 from the Dark Crobats.

That's 120 Damage and you haven't used a single attack! That is amazing! And if your Opponent is using Grass-weak Pokemon, the Golbat's Power will do double damage. So that is 160 Damage to a Gatr deck! Woot! In reality, you will only be able to get 3 evo lines into play. at least one Zubat, Golbat, or Crobat will be in your prizes.

Let's look at the other stats for this card. 70 HP for a Stage 2 is a bit weak, but with Rocket's Hideout, it can be boosted up to 90. It also has Fighting resistance and a free retreat. This last one really helps when using Double Gust. Drag up an unpowered Opponent and pick off their basics and babies. The Power is not affected by Status Effects since it is a "come into Play" Power.

Again, you need to think about how you can maximize the usage of this card. Super Devo Spray, Super Scoop... you think of the combos. They are there.

Unlimited: A bit too slow and weak here. Not enough time to get the full effects of the power. 2.75/5

Modified: Should be fun to play here! Just watch out for the weak basic. 4.0/5

Draft: Ugh. This won't work in draft at all. You have a very evo bad chain that you are trying to build here: common basic (that's OK), rare Stage 1 (not so good) and Holo-only Stage 2 (bad).

A very interesting card. There are some unique possibilities. It's PP Surprise Bite does 20 damage when played from your hand. Additionaly the Dark Golbat's PP does 10 damage with weakness and resistance counted when you play it. You could use Hyper Devolution Spray to combo with this for some serious damage. Forget using it as your hitter. Use something else. Not weak to fire, and best of all...free retreat! Gengar really likes this card because it is weak to Psychic.

Unlimited: Has some potential here as an Archetype to build on. Would be very hard to make it work just right. Needs to combo with a hitter. Could work with stall I suppose but his attack sucks! 2/5

Modified: Works best here. Could sponsor his own Archetype with the right combo. Like I said you would need a hitter and Hyper Devolution Spray. 3/5

In unlimited, it's actually not too bad. It's fast, so it can come out swinging turn 2 with a breeder, and the power works well in conjunction with the attack. 70 HP is a bit low, but it shouldn't be sitting around much. Not too brute force, though. I would play it with regular Crobat. 2.7/5, an average Stage 2, and a personal favorite.

In modified, it's not a stand out over Neo Revelation Crobat, and after the Challenge Series is over for the year, and before Origins and Worlds, Modified loses Team Rocket, Gym Heros, and Gym Challenge, so you won't even be able to play this. Also unfourtunate is that You can't effectively play it with Neo R Crobat, since they have exclusive middle evolutions. Bummer.  2/5

When I first saw this card, I thought: This, combined with Dark Ampharos, is an awesome bench owner. Now I found that deck didn't work as well as it did on paper, but it was a thought.

Dark Crobat can do well. Unless your opponent is really smart, you'll be able to win the game without doing any damage to the active. How cool is that?

Standard Rating: 2/5
Modified Rating: 3.5/5
Draft Rating: 5/5 (Direct Damage is awesome in this format.)