Beartic 49/189 · 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. Beartic is 49/189, in position 49 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Cubchoo, and after it is 50 Wishiwashi. The listed rarity is Rare.

Beartic is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beartic (#614), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Cubchoo. In this catalog that name is Cubchoo (#613).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Beartic (#614) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Beartic 30/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Beartic list a different HP.

The attack Slash lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Frozen Slice is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 50 damage to itself. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It swims through frigid seas, searching for prey. From its frozen breath, it forms icy fangs that are harder than steel." 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. Beartic can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.