Honchkrow 16/90 · HS—Undaunted

HS—Undaunted is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. Honchkrow is 16/90, in position 16 of 91 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Honchkrow, and after it is 17 Leafeon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Honchkrow is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Honchkrow (#430), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Murkrow. In this catalog that name is Murkrow (#198).

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

Honchkrow (#430) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honchkrow 10/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Honchkrow list a different HP.

The attack Shadow Bind lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Vengeance is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 damage plus 10 more damage for each Darkness Pokémon in your discard pile. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is merciless by nature. It is said that it never forgives the mistakes of its Murkrow followers."

I keep a set binder for HS—Undaunted, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Undaunted set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honchkrow can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.