Nickit 47/72 · 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. Nickit is 47/72, in position 47 of 73 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Yveltal, and after it is 48 Thievul. The listed rarity is Common.

Nickit is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Nickit (#827), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Thievul, Thievul (#828) under evolves to.

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Nickit (#827) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2026. The earliest other card is Nickit 125/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 1 other cards of Nickit list a different HP.

The attack Instigate lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent shuffles their hand and puts it on the bottom of their deck. If they put any cards on the bottom of their deck in this way, they draw 3 cards. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Aided by the soft pads on its feet, it silently raids the food stores of other Pokémon. It survives off its ill-gotten gains." 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. Nickit can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.