Palpitoad 20/86 · 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. Palpitoad is 20/86, in position 20 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Tympole, and after it is 21 Seismitoad. The listed rarity is Common.

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

Yukihiro Tada illustrated this card. The same name is on 5 other cards in the catalog.

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 Common. sui illustrated that card, and Yukihiro Tada illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Palpitoad list a different HP.

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.

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. Palpitoad can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.