Vullaby 68/98 · Emerging Powers

Emerging Powers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. Vullaby is 68/98, in position 68 of 98 on this checklist. Before it is 67 Zoroark, and after it is 69 Mandibuzz. The listed rarity is Common.

Vullaby is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vullaby (#629), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Mandibuzz, Mandibuzz (#630) under evolves to.

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Vullaby (#629) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vullaby 72/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Vullaby list a different HP.

The attack Rear Guard lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done to this Pokémon by attacks is reduced by 30 (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Gust is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They tend to guard their posteriors with suitable bones they have found. They pursue weak Pokémon."

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