Marshadow SM85/248 · SM Black Star Promos

SM Black Star Promos is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 248. This checklist is longer, at 251 cards. Marshadow is SM85/248, in position 86 of 251 on this checklist. Before it is SM84 Zoroark-GX, and after it is SM86 Pikachu. The listed rarity is Promo.

Marshadow is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Marshadow (#802), generation 7 (Alola).

Emi Ando illustrated this card. The same name is on 5 other cards in the catalog.

Marshadow (#802) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Marshadow-GX SM59/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Marshadow-GX, while this one is Marshadow. That card lists 150 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Emi Ando illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Marshadow list a different HP.

Let Loose is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may have each player shuffle their hand into their deck and draw 4 cards. The attack Shadow Punch lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Able to conceal itself in shadows, it never appears before humans, so its very existence was the stuff of myth."

I keep a set binder for SM Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SM Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Marshadow can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.