Dunsparce 101/146 · XY

Dunsparce is Pokédex #206, generation 2 (Johto). Dunsparce is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP.

Dunsparce sits at 101/146 in XY, position 101 of 146. Before it is 100 Tauros, and after it is 102 Taillow. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Glare lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Second Bite is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Does 10 more damage for each damage counter on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "When spotted, this Pokémon escapes backwards by furiously boring into the ground with its tail."

Dunsparce (#206) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dunsparce 54/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Yukiko Baba illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Dunsparce list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Naoyo Kimura. I count 256 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

XY set binder is where a full XY set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Dunsparce can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.