Maractus 8/86 · 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. Maractus is 8/86, in position 8 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Lilligant, and after it is 9 Karrablast. The listed rarity is Common.

Maractus is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Maractus (#556), generation 5 (Unova).

mingo illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 other cards in the catalog.

Maractus (#556) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Maractus 11/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and mingo illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Maractus list a different HP.

The attack Lively Needles lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass. If this Pokémon was healed during this turn, this attack does 100 more damage. Pierce is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses an up-tempo song and dance to drive away the bird Pokémon that prey on its flower seeds." 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. Maractus can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Flower Pokémon. I still need this card.