Trapinch 89/189 · 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. Trapinch is 89/189, in position 89 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 88 Tyranitar, and after it is 90 Vibrava. The listed rarity is Common.

Trapinch is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Trapinch (#328), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Vibrava, Vibrava (#329) under evolves to.

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Trapinch (#328) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Trapinch 82/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Asako Ito illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Trapinch list a different HP.

The attack Land's Pulse lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fighting. If a Stadium is in play, this attack does 10 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its nest is a sloped, bowl-like pit in the desert. Once something has fallen in, there is no escape." 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. Trapinch can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.