Toxapex 52/189 · 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. Toxapex is 52/189, in position 52 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Mareanie, and after it is 53 Dracovish. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Toxapex is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Toxapex (#748), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Mareanie. In this catalog that name is Mareanie (#747).

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

Toxapex (#748) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2022. The earliest other card is Toxapex 63/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Toxapex list a different HP.

The attack Recover lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard an Energy from this Pokémon and heal all damage from it. Poisonous Whip is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "To survive in the cold waters of Galar, this Pokémon forms a dome with its legs, enclosing its body so it can capture its own body heat." 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. Toxapex can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.