Murkrow 47/100 · Sandstorm

Murkrow is Pokédex #198, generation 2 (Johto). Murkrow is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Honchkrow, Honchkrow (#430) under evolves to.

Murkrow sits at 47/100 in Sandstorm, position 47 of 100. Before it is 46 Lombre, and after it is 48 Nuzleaf. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 18 September 2003. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Surprise lists no damage number. The cost is 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. Dark Mind is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Does 10 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Murkrow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Sandstorm set binder is where a full Sandstorm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Murkrow can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.