Flygon 91/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Flygon is Pokédex #330, generation 3 (Hoenn). Flygon is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. The card says it evolves from Vibrava. In this catalog that name is Vibrava (#329).

Flygon sits at 91/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 91 of 201. Before it is 90 Vibrava, and after it is 92 Solrock. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 14, 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Labyrinth of Sand is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, your opponent's Active Pokémon can't retreat. The attack Desert Geyser lists 130 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent has a Stadium in play, discard it. If you discarded a Stadium in this way, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon hides in the heart of sandstorms it creates and seldom appears where people can see it." The regulation mark is D.

Flygon (#330) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flygon 25/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and hatachu illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads hatachu. I count 31 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flygon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.