Murkrow 30/115 · Unseen Forces

Unseen Forces is a set in the EX series. It was released on 1 August 2005. The printed size is 115. This checklist is longer, at 145 cards. Murkrow is 30/115, in position 32 of 145 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Lugia, and after it is 31 Smoochum. The listed rarity is Rare.

Murkrow is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Murkrow (#198), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Honchkrow, Honchkrow (#430) under evolves to.

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Murkrow (#198) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Murkrow 24/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Murkrow list a different HP.

The attack Night Song lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. Your opponent chooses the Defending Pokémon to switch. The new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Plunder is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Before doing damage, discard all Trainer cards attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Unseen Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unseen Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Murkrow can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.