Ekans 100/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Ekans is 100/162, in position 100 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 99 Iron Boulder ex, and after it is 101 Arbok. The listed rarity is Common.

Ekans is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ekans (#023), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Arbok, Arbok (#024) under evolves to.

Shimaris Yukichi illustrated this card. The same name is on 11 other cards in the catalog.

Ekans (#023) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Ekans 46/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shimaris Yukichi illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Ekans list a different HP.

The attack Poison Blend lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. Bite is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The older it gets, the longer it grows. At night, it wraps its long body around tree branches to rest." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ekans can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.