Poochyena 113/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Poochyena is Pokédex #261, generation 3 (Hoenn). Poochyena is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Mightyena, Mightyena (#262) under evolves to.

Poochyena sits at 113/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 113 of 226. Before it is 112 Cornerstone Mask Ogerpon ex, and after it is 114 Mightyena. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Continuous Steps lists 10× damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 10 damage for each heads. Darkness Fang is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Poochyena pursue their prey in packs. Once the prey is exhausted, the pack finishes it off. But sometimes the prey retaliates, and the pack flees." The regulation mark is H.

Poochyena (#261) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Poochyena 63/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Poochyena list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shibuzoh.. I count 100 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Poochyena can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Dog Pokémon. I still need this card.