Pupitar 87/189 · 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. Pupitar is 87/189, in position 87 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Larvitar, and after it is 88 Tyranitar. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Pupitar is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pupitar (#247), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Larvitar. In this catalog that name is Larvitar (#246). The card lists Tyranitar, Tyranitar (#248) under evolves to.

Sekio illustrated this card. The same name is on 72 other cards in the catalog.

Pupitar (#247) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Pupitar 45/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Sekio illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 17 other cards of Pupitar list a different HP.

The attack Sand Spray lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Rocket Evolution is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Search your deck for a card that evolves from this Pokémon and put it onto this Pokémon to evolve it. Then, shuffle your deck. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Even sealed in its shell, it can move freely. Hard and fast, it has outstanding destructive power." 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. Pupitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.