Absol 40/108 · Roaring Skies

Roaring Skies is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. Absol is 40/108, in position 40 of 112 on this checklist. Before it is 39 Hawlucha, and after it is 41 Inkay. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Absol is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Absol (#359), generation 3 (Hoenn).

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

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

Cursed Eyes is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand onto your Bench, you may move 3 damage counters from 1 of your opponent's Pokémon to another of his or her Pokémon. The attack Mach Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It appears when it senses an impending natural disaster. As a result, it was mistaken as a doom bringer."

I keep a set binder for Roaring Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Roaring Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.