Galarian Darmanitan 28/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darmanitan is Pokédex #555, generation 5 (Unova). Galarian Darmanitan is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Galarian Darumaka. In this catalog that name is Darumaka (#554).

Galarian Darmanitan sits at 28/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 28 of 201. Before it is 27 Simisear, and after it is 29 Larvesta. 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.

The attack Headbutt lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless. Frozen Heat is another attack lists 110+ damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. You may discard all Water Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 60 more damage. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Anger has reignited its atrophied flame sac. This Pokémon spews fire everywhere as it rampages indiscriminately." The regulation mark is D.

Darmanitan (#555) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Darmanitan 25/114 in Black & White (2011). That card is named Darmanitan, while this one is Galarian Darmanitan. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 12 other cards of Darmanitan list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Misa Tsutsui. I count 94 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. Darmanitan can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Galarian forms. I still need this card.