Vanillite 45/189 · 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. Vanillite is 45/189, in position 45 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Galarian Darmanitan, and after it is 46 Vanillish. The listed rarity is Common.

Vanillite is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vanillite (#582), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Vanillish, Vanillish (#583) under evolves to.

Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this card. The same name is on 158 other cards in the catalog.

Vanillite (#582) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vanillite 27/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sanosuke Sakuma illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Vanillite list a different HP.

The attack Ice Over lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Unable to survive in hot areas, it makes itself comfortable by breathing out air cold enough to cause snow. It burrows into the snow to sleep." 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. Vanillite can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.