Dracozolt 65/189 · 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. Dracozolt is 65/189, in position 65 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 64 Pincurchin, and after it is 66 Arctozolt. The listed rarity is Rare.

Dracozolt is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 160 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dracozolt (#880), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Rare Fossil.

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Dracozolt (#880) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 2 sets. The other dated printings are from 2021. The earliest other card is Dracozolt SV045/122 in Shining Fates Shiny Vault (2021). Both list 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Shiny, and here it is Rare. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Dracozolt list a different HP.

The attack Amping Up lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning. During your next turn, this Pokémon's Amping Up attack does 90 more damage (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Giga Impact is another attack lists 200 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "In ancient times, it was unbeatable thanks to its powerful lower body, but it went extinct anyway after it depleted all its plant-based food sources." 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. Dracozolt can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.