Galvantula 56/185 · Vivid Voltage

Galvantula is Pokédex #596, generation 5 (Unova). Galvantula is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Joltik. In this catalog that name is Joltik (#595).

Galvantula sits at 56/185 in Vivid Voltage, position 56 of 203. Before it is 55 Joltik, and after it is 57 Tynamo. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Stun Needle lists 20 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Shocking Pursuit is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage for each damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It launches electrified fur from its abdomen as its means of attack. Opponents hit by the fur could be in for three full days and nights of paralysis." The regulation mark is D.

Galvantula (#596) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Galvantula 46/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Galvantula list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shigenori Negishi. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Vivid Voltage set binder is where a full Vivid Voltage set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Galvantula can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.