Crobat 33/119 · Phantom Forces

Phantom Forces is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 5, 2014. The printed size is 119. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Crobat is 33/119, in position 34 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 32 Golbat, and after it is 34 Gengar-EX. The listed rarity is Rare.

Crobat is a Stage 2 Psychic Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Crobat (#169), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Golbat. In this catalog that name is Golbat (#042).

Satoshi Shirai illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Crobat (#169) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 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 lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Crobat list a different HP.

Surprise Bite is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon, you may put 3 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. The attack Skill Dive lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. This attack does 30 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. The flavor text reads "It flies so silently through the dark on its four wings that it may not be noticed even when nearby."

I keep a set binder for Phantom Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Phantom Forces 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.