Larvitar 74/168 · Celestial Storm

Larvitar is Pokédex #246, generation 2 (Johto). Larvitar is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Pupitar, Pupitar (#247) under evolves to.

Larvitar sits at 74/168 in Celestial Storm, position 75 of 187. Before it is 73 Donphan, and after it is 75 Pupitar. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 3, 2018. The printed size is 168. This checklist is longer, at 187 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Leer lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Rock Throw is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Born deep underground, it comes aboveground and becomes a pupa once it has finished eating the surrounding soil."

Larvitar (#246) has 29 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 Larvitar 57/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Larvitar list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Celestial Storm set binder is where a full Celestial Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Larvitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.