Drapion 4/102 · HS—Triumphant

HS—Triumphant is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on 3 November 2010. The printed size is 102. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Drapion is 4/102, in position 4 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 3 Celebi, and after it is 5 Mamoswine. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Drapion is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Drapion (#452), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Skorupi. In this catalog that name is Skorupi (#451).

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Drapion (#452) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Drapion 23/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Drapion list a different HP.

The attack Toxic Fang lists 40 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Put 2 damage counters instead of 1 on that Pokémon between turns. Land Crush is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It attacks people and Pokémon that cross the desert. This has only furthered its bad reputation."

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