Venipede 132/86 · Black Bolt

Black Bolt is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. Venipede is 132/86, in position 131 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 131 Landorus, and after it is 133 Whirlipede. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Venipede is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Venipede (#543), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Whirlipede, Whirlipede (#544) under evolves to.

Apios illustrated this card. The same name is on 3 other cards in the catalog.

Venipede (#543) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Venipede 52/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Apios illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Venipede list a different HP.

The attack Poison Spray lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its bite injects a potent poison, enough to paralyze large bird Pokémon that try to prey on it." The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Black Bolt, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black Bolt set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venipede can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.