Starly 145/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Starly is Pokédex #396, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Starly is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Staravia, Staravia (#397) under evolves to.

Starly sits at 145/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 145 of 201. Before it is 144 Salamence VMAX, and after it is 146 Staravia. 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 Common.

Sky Circus is listed as Ability. If you played Bird Keeper from your hand during this turn, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs. The attack Keen Eye lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Search your deck for up to 2 cards and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They flock around mountains and fields, chasing after bug Pokémon. Their singing is noisy and annoying." The regulation mark is D.

Starly (#396) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Starly 101/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Starly list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 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. Starly can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.