Bisharp 72/108 · Dark Explorers

Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Bisharp is 72/108, in position 72 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Zoroark, and after it is 73 Vullaby. The listed rarity is Rare.

Bisharp is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Bisharp (#625), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Pawniard. In this catalog that name is Pawniard (#624).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Bisharp (#625) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bisharp 76/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Bisharp list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Fury Cutter is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. If 1 of them is heads, this attack does 10 more damage. If 2 of them are heads, this attack does 30 more damage. If all of them are heads, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Bisharp pursues prey in the company of a large group of Pawniard. Then Bisharp finishes off the prey."

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