Simisage 7/189 · 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. Simisage is 7/189, in position 7 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Pansage, and after it is 8 Karrablast. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Simisage (#512), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Hasegawa Saki illustrated this card. The same name is on 7 other cards in the catalog.

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 8/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Hasegawa Saki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 6 other cards of Simisage list a different HP.

The attack Seed Bomb lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Giga Impact is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, this Pokémon can't attack. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Ill tempered, it fights by swinging its barbed tail around wildly. The leaf growing on its head is very bitter." 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. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.