Larvitar 115/214 · Lost Thunder

Lost Thunder is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 2, 2018. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 240 cards. Larvitar is 115/214, in position 115 of 240 on this checklist. Before it is 114 Larvitar, and after it is 116 Pupitar. The listed rarity is Common.

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

SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this card. The same name is on 58 other cards in the catalog.

Larvitar (#246) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 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 SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Larvitar list a different HP.

The attack Second Strike lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has 3 or more damage counters on it, this attack does 70 more damage. 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."

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