Crobat V 182/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Crobat V is 182/189, in position 182 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 181 Rhyperior V, and after it is 183 Scizor V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Crobat V is a Basic V Darkness Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Crobat (#169), generation 2 (Johto).

PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 131 other cards in the catalog.

Crobat (#169) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Crobat 4/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Crobat, while this one is Crobat V. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this one. 32 other cards of Crobat list a different HP.

Dark Asset is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench during your turn, you may draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. You can't use more than 1 Dark Asset Ability each turn. The attack Venomous Fang lists 70 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Crobat can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.