Murkrow 51/119 · 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. Murkrow is 51/119, in position 52 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 50 Gigalith, and after it is 52 Honchkrow. The listed rarity is Common.

Murkrow is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Murkrow (#198), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Honchkrow, Honchkrow (#430) under evolves to.

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Murkrow (#198) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Murkrow 24/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Murkrow list a different HP.

The attack Ambush lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Wing Attack is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It hides any shiny object it finds in a secret location. Murkrow and Meowth loot one another's stashes."

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. Murkrow can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.