Honchkrow 10/123 · Mysterious Treasures

Mysterious Treasures is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on 1 August 2007. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Honchkrow is 10/123, in position 10 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Garchomp, and after it is 11 Lumineon. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Honchkrow is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 42. In the Pokédex this is Honchkrow (#430), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Murkrow. In this catalog that name is Murkrow (#198).

Kazuyuki Kano illustrated this card. The same name is on 26 other cards in the catalog.

Honchkrow (#430) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honchkrow LV.X 132/132 in Secret Wonders (2007). That card is named Honchkrow LV.X, while this one is Honchkrow. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo LV.X, and here it is Rare Holo. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Kazuyuki Kano illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Honchkrow list a different HP.

Dark Genes is listed as Poké-Body. As long as Honchkrow has the Energy necessary to use its attack, each of your Murkrow can use Honchkrow's attack as its own without the Energy necessary to use that attack. The attack Dark Wing Flaps lists 50 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. Choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking. Look at the card you chose, then have your opponent shuffle that card into his or her deck. Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Becoming active at night, it is known to swarm with numerous MURKROW in tow."

I keep a set binder for Mysterious Treasures, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Mysterious Treasures set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honchkrow can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.