Pincurchin 64/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Pincurchin is Pokédex #871, generation 8 (Galar). Pincurchin is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP.

Pincurchin sits at 64/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 64 of 201. Before it is 63 Toxtricity, and after it is 65 Dracozolt. 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 Rare Holo.

The attack Double Draw lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning. Draw 2 cards. Zing Zap is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines." The regulation mark is D.

Pincurchin (#871) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2026. The earliest other card is Pincurchin 77/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Holo. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Pincurchin list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 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. Pincurchin can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.