#0065 · Kanto · Generation 1

Alakazam

Psi Pokémon · Psychic-type

Alakazam is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Psi Pokémon, number 65 (#0065) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.5 m tall and weighs 48 kg.

Alakazam is the Psi Pokémon with a brain that never stops growing, an IQ the Pokédex puts above 5,000 and a memory of everything that has happened to it since it hatched. It wields a spoon in each hand, said to be made with its own power.

How to pronounce Alakazam

Alakazam is pronounced al-uh-kuh-ZAM. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Alakazam said out loud:

In Japanese it is フーディン (Foodin).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Alakazam is 1.5 m tall and weighs 48 kg: a slim, yellow, skeletal Pokémon with a long moustache, much shorter on females, narrow eyes, ear-like spikes and brown armour-like plates on its chest, shoulders, forearms and knees. Its brain cells keep multiplying, so its head grows heavier with age, and its weak muscles cannot hold it up, so it supports the head with psychic power.

Behaviour

Alakazam relies on thought rather than strength. The Pokédex says it calculates many things to gain an edge in battle, and its overflowing power gives anyone nearby a headache. Each spoon it makes is one of a kind, and if it trusts someone deeply it may give them one: the Ultra Moon entry says anything eaten with it tastes delicious.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is urban areas. In Legends: Z-A it appears as an Alpha Pokémon in Centrico Plaza's Wild Zone 20, and in the Mega Dimension DLC's Hyperspace Lumiose; it is unobtainable in Scarlet and Violet.

Powers

Its Abilities are Synchronize and Inner Focus, with Magic Guard hidden. It can use every kind of psychic power, with Psychic, Psyshock, Future Sight, Shadow Ball, Focus Blast and Calm Mind. Holding Alakazite lets it Mega Evolve: Mega Alakazam grows a white beard, a red organ on its forehead and three extra spoons, floats, and turns its muscle into pure psychic power, which the Pokédex says lets it foresee everything. With 135 base Special Attack and 120 Speed it is a fast glass cannon, and Mega Alakazam reaches 175 and 150.

Name origin

Alakazam comes from 'alakazam', a magician's incantation like 'abracadabra'. Its Japanese name, Foodin (フーディン), may honour Harry Houdini, the famous illusionist and escape artist.

Design inspiration

Alakazam seems modelled on a magician and spoon bender. Its pentagram-shaped head and fox-and-human look may allude to Abe no Seimei, a legendary Japanese court magician, and its horns, talons and long moustache resemble Chinese dragons. Mega Alakazam may draw on a sorcerer or wizard. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Alakazam evolves from Kadabra when it is traded, or with a Linking Cord in newer games, and is the final form of the Abra line.

In the games

Alakazam has been a Kanto Psychic fixture since Generation I. In Legends: Arceus the Pokédex notes that the heavier its head grows, the stronger its psychic power, and in Legends: Z-A its Lumiose Pokédex number is 64.

In the anime

Alakazam made its anime debut in 'The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis', when a giant one woke near the ruins. In 'Mission: Total Recall!', Faba's Alakazam beat Gladion's Umbreon.

Fun facts

• In Red and Blue, an opposing Alakazam sent out while your Pokémon has low health uses the cry of a Gastly.
• In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Alakazam stands exactly as tall as the player character, Ethan.
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, an Alakazam leads the Gold Rank team A.C.T. and wants to be as good as his hero, Lucario.
• In the manga Pokémon Adventures, Sabrina's Alakazam hands out the eight Spoons of Destiny.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Alakazam (Pokémon) · Serebii: Alakazam (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 55
• Attack: 50
• Defense: 45
• Sp. Atk: 135
• Sp. Def: 95
• Speed: 120

Alakazam’s base stat total is 500. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Alakazam weak to?

Alakazam takes extra damage from Bug (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Fighting (½×), Psychic (½×).

Evolution

What does Alakazam evolve from?

Alakazam evolves from Kadabra (Trade).

Alakazam is the final stage of its evolution family.

The whole family: Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam.

• Abra evolves into Kadabra at level 16.

Forms

• Mega Alakazam (Mega): Psychic-type, base stat total 600 (HP 55, Attack 50, Defense 65, Sp. Atk 175, Sp. Def 105, Speed 150). Ability: Trace.

Abilities

• Synchronize: Copies burns, paralysis, and poison received onto the Pokémon that inflicted them.
• Inner Focus: Prevents flinching.
• Magic Guard (hidden ability): Protects against damage not directly caused by a move.

Moves

Moves Alakazam learns by level up in Sword / Shield

TM moves (57)

Alakazam can learn 57 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Hyper Beam, Giga Impact, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Attract, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Facade, Swift, Imprison, Fling, Power Swap, Guard Swap, Speed Swap, Drain Punch, Psycho Cut, Trick Room, Wonder Room, Magic Room, Round, Psychic Terrain, Body Slam, Psychic, Metronome, Tri Attack, Substitute, Psyshock, Endure, Sleep Talk, Encore, Iron Tail, Shadow Ball, Future Sight, Taunt, Trick, Skill Swap, Calm Mind, Focus Blast, Energy Ball, Nasty Plot, Zen Headbutt, Grass Knot, Foul Play, Stored Power, Ally Switch, Dazzling Gleam.

Egg moves (3), which Abra can hatch knowing:Confusion, Guard Split, Magic Coat.

Move tutor moves (1): Expanding Force.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 75% male, 25% female.
• Egg groups: Human-Like.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 50 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 3 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 225.

Pokédex entries

The longer Alakazam lives, the larger and heavier its head becomes. Our tests have shown that the strength of its psychic powers correlates positively to the weight of its head. (Legends: Arceus)

Alakazam wields potent psychic powers. It's said that this Pokémon used these powers to create the spoons it holds. (Shield)

It has an incredibly high level of intelligence. Some say that Alakazam remembers everything that ever happens to it, from birth till death. (Sword)

A Pokémon that can memorize anything. It never forgets what it learns-- that's why this Pokémon is smart. (Yellow, Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

If it trusts someone deeply, it will let them have one of its spoons. Anything you eat with that spoon is apparently delicious. (Ultra Moon)

Alakazam uses its psychic powers to make the spoons it carries. Each spoon is an original that there's only one of in the whole world. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 72% of all Pokémon (1.5 m).
• Heavier than 66% of all Pokémon (48 kg).
• Base stat total 500, ranked #278 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #21 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 65 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 67 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 50: about 6.5% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Has 1 alternate form.
• Appears in 20 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Alakazam (Pokémon), Serebii: Alakazam (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (al-uh-kuh-ZAM): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 19 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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