Larvesta 29/189 · 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. Larvesta is 29/189, in position 29 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Galarian Darmanitan, and after it is 30 Volcarona. The listed rarity is Common.

Larvesta is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Larvesta (#636), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Volcarona, Volcarona (#637) under evolves to.

Uta illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Larvesta (#636) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Larvesta 19/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Uta illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Larvesta list a different HP.

The attack Singe lists no damage number. The cost is Fire. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It protects itself with flame. Long years ago, people believed Larvesta had a nest on the sun." 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. Larvesta can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.