Zubat 89/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Zubat is 89/163, in position 89 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 88 Rapid Strike Urshifu VMAX, and after it is 90 Golbat. The listed rarity is Common.

Zubat is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Zubat (#041), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Golbat, Golbat (#042) under evolves to.

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Zubat (#041) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Zubat 57/62 in Fossil (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Asako Ito illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Zubat list a different HP.

The attack Hide in Shadows lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Speed Dive is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Their skin is so thin that they'll be burned if sunlight hits them. When it gets cold out, they gather together to warm one another's bodies." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Zubat can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.