Malamar SV18/94 · Hidden Fates Shiny Vault

Hidden Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on August 23, 2019. The printed size is 94, and the checklist is the same length. Malamar is SV18/94, in position 18 of 94 on this checklist. Before it is SV17 Inkay, and after it is SV19 Poipole. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Malamar is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Malamar (#687), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Inkay. In this catalog that name is Inkay (#686).

Hideki Ishikawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

Malamar (#687) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Malamar XY58/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Shiny. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Hideki Ishikawa illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Malamar list a different HP.

Psychic Recharge is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may attach a Psychic Energy card from your discard pile to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. The attack Psychic Sphere lists 60 damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It lures prey close with hypnotic motions, then wraps its tentacles around it before finishing it off with digestive fluids."

I keep a set binder for Hidden Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Hidden Fates Shiny Vault set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Malamar can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.