Basculin 24/86 · White Flare

White Flare is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Basculin is 24/86, in position 24 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Samurott, and after it is 25 Ducklett. The listed rarity is Common.

Basculin is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Basculin (#550), generation 5 (Unova).

KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Basculin (#550) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Basculin 35/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Basculin list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Bared Fangs is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Water. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has no damage counters on it before this attack does damage, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Red and blue Basculin get along so poorly, they'll start fighting instantly. These Pokémon are very hostile." The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for White Flare, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the White Flare set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Basculin can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.