Malamar 76/146 · XY

XY is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Malamar is 76/146, in position 76 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 75 Inkay, and after it is 77 Malamar. The listed rarity is Rare.

Malamar is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Malamar (#687), generation 6 (Kalos). The card says it evolves from Inkay. In this catalog that name is Inkay (#686).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Malamar (#687) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Malamar XY58/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 18 other cards of Malamar list a different HP.

The attack Mental Trash lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent flips 4 coins. For each tails, he or she discards a card from his or her hand. Distortion Beam is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. If tails, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It wields the most compelling hypnotic powers of any Pokémon, and it forces others to do whatever it wants."

I keep a set binder for XY, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Malamar can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.