Absol ex 135/197 · Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on August 11, 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Absol ex is 135/197, in position 135 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 134 Houndoom ex, and after it is 136 Darkrai. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

Absol ex is a Basic ex Darkness Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Absol (#359), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Nisota Niso illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 other cards in the catalog.

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). That card is named Absol, while this one is Absol ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Double Rare. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Nisota Niso illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

The attack Future Sight lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Look at the top 3 cards of either player's deck and put them back in any order. Cursed Slug is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does 120 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Obsidian Flames, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Obsidian Flames set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.