Crobat VMAX 45/72 · Shining Fates

Shining Fates is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 19, 2021. The printed size is 72. This checklist is longer, at 73 cards. Crobat VMAX is 45/72, in position 45 of 73 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Crobat V, and after it is 46 Yveltal. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

Crobat VMAX is a VMAX Darkness Pokémon with 300 HP. In the Pokédex this is Crobat (#169), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Crobat V. In this catalog that name is Crobat (#169).

PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this card. The same name is on 81 other cards in the catalog.

Crobat (#169) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Crobat 4/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card is named Crobat, while this one is Crobat VMAX. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 300 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this one. 36 other cards of Crobat list a different HP.

The attack Stealth Poison lists 70 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Max Cutter is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Shining Fates, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Fates set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Crobat can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.