Darumaka BW18/101 · BW Black Star Promos

BW Black Star Promos is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on March 1, 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. Darumaka is BW18/101, in position 18 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is BW17 Ducklett, and after it is BW19 Zoroark. The listed rarity is Promo.

Darumaka is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Darumaka (#554), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Darmanitan, Darmanitan (#555) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Darumaka (#554) has 18 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 Darumaka 23/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Darumaka list a different HP.

The attack Searing Flame lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When its internal fire is burning, it cannot calm down and it runs around. When the fire diminishes, it falls asleep."

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