Polteageist 83/189 · 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. Polteageist is 83/189, in position 83 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Sinistea, and after it is 84 Diglett. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Polteageist is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Polteageist (#855), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Sinistea. In this catalog that name is Sinistea (#854).

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Polteageist (#855) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2023. The earliest other card is Polteageist V SWSH021/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Polteageist V, while this one is Polteageist. That card lists 170 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. PLANETA Igarashi illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. 2 other cards of Polteageist list a different HP.

Tea Break is listed as Ability. You must discard a Pokémon that has the Mad Party attack from your hand in order to use this Ability. Once during your turn, you may draw 2 cards. The attack Mad Party lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage for each Pokémon in your discard pile that has the Mad Party attack. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This species lives in antique teapots. Most pots are forgeries, but on rare occasions, an authentic work is found." 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. Polteageist can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.