Vikavolt 56/162 · 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. Vikavolt is 56/162, in position 56 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 55 Charjabug, and after it is 57 Zeraora. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Vikavolt is a Stage 2 Lightning Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vikavolt (#738), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Charjabug. In this catalog that name is Charjabug (#737).

Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this card. The same name is on 155 other cards in the catalog.

Vikavolt (#738) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vikavolt 52/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card lists 150 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 11 other cards of Vikavolt list a different HP.

The attack Mach Bolt lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning. Circuit Cannon is another attack lists 120+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. This attack does 80 more damage for each of your Benched Charjabug. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It builds up electricity in its abdomen, focuses it through its jaws, and then fires the electricity off in concentrated beams." 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. Vikavolt can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.