Murkrow 24/111 · Neo Genesis

Neo Genesis is a set in the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. Murkrow is 24/111, in position 24 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Magby, and after it is 25 Sneasel. The listed rarity is Rare.

Murkrow is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 25. In the Pokédex this is Murkrow (#198), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Honchkrow, Honchkrow (#430) under evolves to.

Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Murkrow (#198) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Murkrow 46/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Murkrow list a different HP.

The attack Mean Look lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat as long as Murkrow remains your Active Pokémon. (Benching or evolving either Pokémon ends this effect.) Feint Attack is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Pokémon Powers, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Resistance is Psychic -30. The flavor text reads "It is said that when chased, it lures its attacker onto dark mountain trails where the foe will get lost."

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