#0064 · Kanto · Generation 1

Kadabra

Psi Pokémon · Psychic-type

Kadabra is a Psychic-type Pokémon, the Psi Pokémon, number 64 (#0064) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 1 and comes from the Kanto region. It is 1.3 m tall and weighs 56.5 kg.

Kadabra is the Psi Pokémon that carries a silver spoon to boost its psychic power, and its alpha waves can make clocks run backwards and machines misbehave. Without the spoon, the Pokédex says it is half as strong.

How to pronounce Kadabra

Kadabra is pronounced kuh-DAB-ruh. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Kadabra said out loud:

In Japanese it is ユンゲラー (Yungerer).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Kadabra is 1.3 m tall and weighs 56.5 kg: a yellow, slightly humanoid Pokémon with long pointed ears, a red star on its forehead and a moustache-like tuft on each side of its snout, longer on males. Three wavy red lines mark its belly, and it sleeps floating in the air with its springy tail as a pillow.

Behaviour

Kadabra's alpha waves can give people headaches and, the Pokédex says, ruin precision devices or cast an eerie shadow on TV screens that is said to bring bad luck. They grow stronger the more danger it faces. Several entries repeat a rumour that a boy with psychic powers he could not control became a Kadabra, though the Pokédex calls it unverified.

Habitat

The Pokédex habitat is urban areas. In Legends: Z-A it is found in Magenta District's Wild Zone 9 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. The Pokédex says it focuses by staring at a silver spoon, and that a gold spoon will not do. It uses Psychic, Psycho Cut, Recover and Reflect, and with Alakazam is the only known Pokémon that can learn Kinesis. With 120 base Special Attack and 105 Speed, it is a fast, fragile attacker.

Name origin

Kadabra may come from 'abracadabra', a stage magician's incantation. Its Japanese name, Yungerer (ユンゲラー), may nod to Uri Geller, the illusionist known for spoon bending.

Design inspiration

Kadabra appears to be based on a magician and spoon bender, and its moustache tufts may exaggerate a fox's whiskers. The symbols on its forehead and belly resemble Zener cards, used in 1930s tests for extrasensory perception. These are fan readings.

Evolution notes

Kadabra evolves from Abra at level 16 and into Alakazam when traded, with no item needed.

In the games

In Legends: Arceus a Linking Cord can also evolve Kadabra into Alakazam, and in Legends: Z-A its Lumiose Pokédex number is 63. It first appeared in Red and Green (Red and Blue outside Japan).

In the anime

Kadabra debuted in 'Abra and the Psychic Showdown', when Sabrina's Abra evolved during her Gym battle with Ash, and it returned in 'Haunter versus Kadabra'.

Fun facts

• Kadabra had no new Trading Card Game card from 2003 until 2023, and almost no animated appearance from 2006 until 'The Show'; Bulbapedia thinks this likely stems from legal trouble with Uri Geller, who said in 2020 Nintendo could print the card again.
• Its Red and Green sprite lacked the star on its forehead and the pattern on its belly.
• Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia says the Red and Green boy-turned-Kadabra entry refers to an in-universe prize-winning novel, 'Transformation', whose plot seems to resemble Kafka's The Metamorphosis.

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

Base stats

• HP: 40
• Attack: 35
• Defense: 30
• Sp. Atk: 120
• Sp. Def: 70
• Speed: 105

Kadabra’s base stat total is 400. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Kadabra weak to?

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

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

Evolution

What does Kadabra evolve from?

Kadabra evolves from Abra at level 16.

How does Kadabra evolve?

Kadabra evolves into Alakazam (Trade).

The whole family: Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam.

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 Kadabra learns by level up in Sword / Shield

“Evo” means Kadabra learns the move the moment it evolves: Confusion.

TM moves (51)

Kadabra can learn 51 moves from TMs in Sword / Shield: Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Fire Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Thunder Wave, Light Screen, Reflect, Safeguard, Rest, Thief, Snore, Protect, Attract, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Facade, Swift, 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, Energy Ball, Zen Headbutt, Grass Knot, Foul Play, 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: 100 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 2 Sp. Atk effort values.
• Base experience yield: 140.

Pokédex entries

There are rumors that a child with mystical powers became a Kadabra; however, this remains unverified. I suspect that the spoon Kadabra holds enhances its brain waves. (Legends: Arceus)

This Pokémon's telekinesis is immensely powerful. To prepare for evolution, Kadabra stores up psychic energy in the star on its forehead. (Shield)

Using its psychic power, Kadabra levitates as it sleeps. It uses its springy tail as a pillow. (Sword)

Many odd things happen if this Pokémon is close by. For example, it makes clocks run backward. (Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Let’s Go, Eevee!)

It possesses strong mental capabilities, but its psychic powers are halved when it's not holding a silver spoon. (Ultra Moon)

It stares at a silver spoon to amplify its psychic powers before it lets loose. Apparently, gold spoons are no good. (Ultra Sun)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Taller than 64% of all Pokémon (1.3 m).
• Heavier than 70% of all Pokémon (56.5 kg).
• Base stat total 400, ranked #633 of 1,025.
• Its best stat is Sp. Atk, ranked #76 of 1,025.
• One of 102 Psychic-type Pokémon (counting dual types).
• One of 147 brown Pokémon.
• Number 64 of 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1 (Kanto).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 61 different moves in Sword / Shield.
• Catch rate 100: about 13.1% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 22 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: Kadabra (Pokémon), Serebii: Kadabra (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (kuh-DAB-ruh): 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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