Larvitar 51/95 · HS—Unleashed

HS—Unleashed is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. Larvitar is 51/95, in position 51 of 96 on this checklist. Before it is 50 Larvitar, and after it is 52 Magmar. The listed rarity is Common.

Larvitar is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Larvitar (#246), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Pupitar, Pupitar (#247) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Larvitar (#246) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Larvitar 57/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Larvitar list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Knuckle Punch is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is born deep underground. It can't emerge until it has entirely consumed the soil around it."

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