Vibrava 90/189 · 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. Vibrava is 90/189, in position 90 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 89 Trapinch, and after it is 91 Flygon. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Vibrava is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vibrava (#329), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Trapinch. In this catalog that name is Trapinch (#328). The card lists Flygon, Flygon (#330) under evolves to.

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Vibrava (#329) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Vibrava 22/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Vibrava list a different HP.

The attack Sand Pulse lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. This attack also does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The ultrasonic waves it generates by rubbing its two wings together cause severe headaches." 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. Vibrava can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.