Mandibuzz 69/98 · Emerging Powers

Mandibuzz is Pokédex #630, generation 5 (Unova). Mandibuzz is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Vullaby. In this catalog that name is Vullaby (#629).

Mandibuzz sits at 69/98 in Emerging Powers, position 69 of 98. Before it is 68 Vullaby, and after it is 70 Ferroseed. 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 Bone Rush lists 30× damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Dark Pulse is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 more damage for each Darkness Energy attached to all of your Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Watching from the sky, they swoop to strike weakened Pokémon on the ground. They decorate themselves with bones."

Mandibuzz (#630) 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 Mandibuzz 73/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Mandibuzz 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. Mandibuzz 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.