Darmanitan 21/98 · Emerging Powers

Darmanitan is Pokédex #555, generation 5 (Unova). Darmanitan is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Darumaka. In this catalog that name is Darumaka (#554).

Darmanitan sits at 21/98 in Emerging Powers, position 21 of 98. Before it is 20 Darumaka, and after it is 22 Panpour. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Rock Smash lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Fire Punch is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its internal fire burns at 2,500º F, making enough power that it can destroy a dump truck with one punch."

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 25/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 21 other cards of Darmanitan list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Darmanitan can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.