Ariados 103/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Ariados is Pokédex #168, generation 2 (Johto). Ariados is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Spinarak. In this catalog that name is Spinarak (#167).

Ariados sits at 103/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 103 of 201. Before it is 102 Spinarak, and after it is 104 Crobat V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Spider Net is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Evolution Pokémon with their Active Pokémon. The attack Poison Sting lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It spews threads from its mouth to catch its prey. When night falls, it leaves its web to go hunt aggressively." The regulation mark is D.

Ariados (#168) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ariados 27/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Ariados list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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