|genIVdesc=A card needed for entering the inn in Canalave City. Oddly, the last date marked on it was 50 years ago.
|genIVdesc=A card needed for entering the inn in Canalave City. Oddly, the last date marked on it was 50 years ago.
|genVdesc=A card needed for entering the inn in Canalave City. Oddly, the last date marked on it was 50 years ago.
|genVdesc=A card needed for entering the inn in Canalave City. Oddly, the last date marked on it was 50 years ago.
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}}The '''Member Card''' ('''メンバーズカード''' ''Member's Card'') is a [[Key item]] in the [[Sinnoh]] [[region]] games which allows the player to access the [[Harbor Inn]] which leads him/her to [[Newmoon Island]]. This item was introduced in [[Generation IV]] and with the card it allows you to capture the [[legendary Pokémon]] [[Darkrai]]. It is one of the four [[Sinnoh]] based event items, alongside [[Oak's Letter]], the [[Azure Flute]] and the [[Secret Key]].
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}}The '''Member Card''' ('''メンバーズカード''' ''Member's Card'') is a [[Key item]] in the [[Sinnoh]] [[regions|region]] games which allows the player to access the [[Harbor Inn]] which leads him/her to [[Newmoon Island]]. This item was introduced in [[Generation IV]] and with the card it allows you to capture the [[Mythical And Legendary Pokémon|legendary Pokémon]] [[Darkrai]]. It is one of the four [[Sinnoh]] based event items, alongside [[Oak's Letter]], the [[Azure Flute]] and the [[Secret Key]].
Before you are allowed to enter the Harbor Inn, the player must first have completed the in-game story revolving around [[Cresselia]] and the [[Lunar Wing]], in which you use this item to cleanse the nightmares from Sailor Eldritch's son, caused by Darkrai.
Before you are allowed to enter the Harbor Inn, the player must first have completed the in-game story revolving around [[Cresselia]] and the [[Lunar Wing]], in which you use this item to cleanse the nightmares from Sailor Eldritch's son, caused by Darkrai.
Before you are allowed to enter the Harbor Inn, the player must first have completed the in-game story revolving around Cresselia and the Lunar Wing, in which you use this item to cleanse the nightmares from Sailor Eldritch's son, caused by Darkrai.
According to the date on the official artwork, the 1st December 1951, is approximately fifty years before the first Japanese distribution of the Member Card. This information is also corroborated up by the in-game description of the Member Card, which states that the last date marked on it was from fifty years ago.
If the player either flees or causes Darkrai to faint, it can be rebattled numerous times before a successful capture.