Durant ex 4/191 · Surging Sparks

Surging Sparks is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 8, 2024. The printed size is 191. This checklist is longer, at 252 cards. Durant ex is 4/191, in position 4 of 252 on this checklist. Before it is 3 Exeggutor, and after it is 5 Scatterbug. The listed rarity is Double Rare.

Durant ex is a Basic ex Grass Pokémon with 190 HP. In the Pokédex this is Durant (#632), generation 5 (Unova).

Durant (#632) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Durant 83/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card is named Durant, while this one is Durant ex. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 190 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Double Rare. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Durant list a different HP.

Sudden Shearing is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may discard the top card of your opponent's deck. The attack Vengeful Crush lists 120+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 more damage for each Prize card your opponent has taken. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: Pokémon ex rule: When your Pokémon ex is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Surging Sparks, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Surging Sparks set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Durant can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.