Larvitar 87/123 · 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. Larvitar is 87/123, in position 87 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Kricketot, and after it is 88 Magby. The listed rarity is Common.

Larvitar is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 18. In the Pokédex this is Larvitar (#246), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Pupitar, Pupitar (#247) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Larvitar (#246) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2025. The earliest other card is Larvitar 57/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Larvitar list a different HP.

The attack Mountain Bite lists 10+ damage. The cost is Fighting. You may discard the top card of your deck. If you do, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage and Larvitar is now Asleep. Hammer In is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass +10. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that eats soil. Once it has eaten a large mountain, it goes to sleep so it can grow."

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. Larvitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.