Beartic 54/197 · 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. Beartic is 54/197, in position 54 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 53 Cubchoo, and after it is 55 Cryogonal. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Beartic is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beartic (#614), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Cubchoo. In this catalog that name is Cubchoo (#613).

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Beartic (#614) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Beartic 30/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Beartic list a different HP.

The attack Icicle Punch lists 30 damage. The cost is Water. Frost Purge is another attack lists 170 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard all Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It is a ferocious, carnivorous Pokémon. Once it captures its prey, it will breathe cold air onto the prey to freeze and preserve it." 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. Beartic can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.