Murkrow 181/91 · Paldean Fates

Murkrow is Pokédex #198, generation 2 (Johto). Murkrow is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Honchkrow, Honchkrow (#430) under evolves to.

Murkrow sits at 181/91 in Paldean Fates, position 181 of 245. Before it is 180 Paldean Wooper, and after it is 182 Sneasel. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on January 26, 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 91. The listed rarity is Shiny Rare.

The attack Spin Turn lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. United Wings is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Darkness. This attack does 20 damage for each Pokémon in your discard pile that has the United Wings attack. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Feared and loathed by many, it is believed to bring misfortune to all those who see it at night." The regulation mark is G.

Murkrow (#198) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Murkrow 24/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Shiny Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Murkrow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hitoshi Ariga. I count 155 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Paldean Fates set binder is where a full Paldean Fates set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Murkrow can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.