Dugtrio 85/189 · 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. Dugtrio is 85/189, in position 85 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 84 Diglett, and after it is 86 Larvitar. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dugtrio is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dugtrio (#051), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Diglett. In this catalog that name is Diglett (#050).

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Dugtrio (#051) has 30 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dugtrio 19/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 19 other cards of Dugtrio list a different HP.

The attack Dig lists 30 damage. The cost is Fighting. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Mud Bomb is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A team of Diglett triplets. It triggers huge earthquakes by burrowing 60 miles underground." 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. Dugtrio can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.