Dark Pupitar 38/105 · Neo Destiny

Neo Destiny is a set in the Neo series. It was released on February 28, 2002. The printed size is 105. This checklist is longer, at 113 cards. Dark Pupitar is 38/105, in position 38 of 113 on this checklist. Before it is 37 Dark Omanyte, and after it is 39 Dark Quilava. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dark Pupitar is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 26. In the Pokédex this is Pupitar (#247), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Larvitar. In this catalog that name is Larvitar (#246). The card lists Tyranitar, Tyranitar (#248) under evolves to.

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Pupitar (#247) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pupitar 45/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Pupitar, while this one is Dark Pupitar. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Pupitar list a different HP.

The attack Rock Tackle lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Dark Pupitar does 10 damage to itself. Dark Pupitar can't use this attack during your next turn. Explosive Evolution is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Pokémon. Don't apply Weakness and Resistance. Then, search your deck for an Evolution card named Dark Tyranitar and put it on Dark Pupitar. (This counts as evolving Dark Pupitar.) Shuffle your deck afterward. Weakness is Grass ×2. Resistance is Lightning -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is encased within a hard shell, yet retains a great deal of mobility—a dangerous combination."

I keep a set binder for Neo Destiny, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Destiny set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Pupitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.