Gabite 61/131 · Forbidden Light

Forbidden Light is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 4, 2018. The printed size is 131. This checklist is longer, at 150 cards. Gabite is 61/131, in position 62 of 150 on this checklist. Before it is 60 Gible, and after it is 62 Garchomp. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Gabite is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gabite (#444), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Gible. In this catalog that name is Gible (#443). The card lists Garchomp, Garchomp (#445) under evolves to.

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Gabite (#444) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gabite 48/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Gabite list a different HP.

The attack Ascension lists no damage number. The cost is Fighting. Search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck. Slash is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Shiny objects are its passion. It can be found in its cave, scarcely moving, its gaze fixed on the jewels it's amassed or Carbink it has caught."

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