Dunsparce 41/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Dunsparce is 41/123, in position 41 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 40 Donphan, and after it is 42 Flaaffy. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dunsparce is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dunsparce (#206), generation 2 (Johto).

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Dunsparce (#206) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dunsparce 54/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Yukiko Baba illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Dunsparce list a different HP.

The attack Glare lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Fade Out is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Return Dunsparce and all cards attached to it to your hand. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When spotted, this Pokémon escapes backward by furiously boring into the ground with its tail."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dunsparce can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.