Darmanitan 25/114 · Black & White

Black & White is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on April 25, 2011. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 115 cards. Darmanitan is 25/114, in position 25 of 115 on this checklist. Before it is 24 Darumaka, and after it is 26 Reshiram. The listed rarity is Rare.

Darmanitan is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Darmanitan (#555), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Darumaka. In this catalog that name is Darumaka (#554).

Naoki Saito illustrated this card. The same name is on 270 other cards in the catalog.

Darmanitan (#555) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Darmanitan 21/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoki Saito illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 21 other cards of Darmanitan list a different HP.

The attack Fire Fang lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Thrash is another attack lists 70+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. If tails, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When weakened in battle, it transforms into a stone statue, then it sharpens its mind and fights on mentally."

I keep a set binder for Black & White, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black & White set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Darmanitan can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.