Toxel 62/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Toxel is Pokédex #848, generation 8 (Galar). Toxel is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Toxtricity, Toxtricity (#849) under evolves to.

Toxel sits at 62/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 62 of 201. Before it is 61 Tapu Koko, and after it is 63 Toxtricity. 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 Common.

The attack Slap lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Static Shock is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It stores poison in an internal poison sac and secretes that poison through its skin. If you touch this Pokémon, a tingling sensation follows." The regulation mark is D.

Toxel (#848) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2026. The earliest other card is Toxel SWSH209/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Souichirou Gunjima illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is E, and here it is D. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 2 other cards of Toxel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 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. Toxel can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.