Larvesta 20/108 · Dark Explorers

Larvesta is Pokédex #636, generation 5 (Unova). Larvesta is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Volcarona, Volcarona (#637) under evolves to.

Larvesta sits at 20/108 in Dark Explorers, position 20 of 111. Before it is 19 Heatmor, and after it is 21 Larvesta. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Ram lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flare is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon was believed to have been born from the sun. When it evolves, its entire body is engulfed in flames."

Larvesta (#636) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Larvesta 19/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 10 other cards of Larvesta list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Dark Explorers set binder is where a full Dark Explorers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Larvesta can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.