Darkrai 105/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkrai is Pokédex #491, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Darkrai is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP.

Darkrai sits at 105/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 105 of 201. Before it is 104 Crobat V, and after it is 106 Purrloin. 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 Rare Holo.

Darkness Guard is listed as Ability. If this Pokémon has any Darkness Energy attached, it takes 20 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Vortex of Darkness lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage for each Darkness Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It can lull people to sleep and make them dream. It is active during nights of the new moon." The regulation mark is D.

Darkrai (#491) has 40 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Darkrai LV.X DP19/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Darkrai LV.X, while this one is Darkrai. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and nagimiso illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 37 other cards of Darkrai list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads nagimiso. I count 156 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. Darkrai can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mythical Pokémon, from Sword & Shield on and Night and moon Pokémon. I still need this card.