Palpitoad 104/86 · Black Bolt

Palpitoad is Pokédex #536, generation 5 (Unova). Palpitoad is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Tympole. In this catalog that name is Tympole (#535). The card lists Seismitoad, Seismitoad (#537) under evolves to.

Palpitoad sits at 104/86 in Black Bolt, position 103 of 171. Before it is 103 Tympole, and after it is 105 Seismitoad. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Round lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 40 damage for each of your Pokémon in play that has the Round attack. Wave Splash is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When they vibrate the bumps on their heads, they can make waves in water or earthquake-like vibrations on land." The regulation mark is I.

Palpitoad (#536) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Palpitoad 23/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Illustration Rare. sui illustrated that card, and KEIICHIRO ITO illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Palpitoad list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads KEIICHIRO ITO. I count 50 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Black Bolt set binder is where a full Black Bolt set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Palpitoad can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.