Galvantula 117/86 · White Flare

Galvantula is Pokédex #596, generation 5 (Unova). Galvantula is a Stage 1 Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Joltik. In this catalog that name is Joltik (#595).

Galvantula sits at 117/86 in White Flare, position 117 of 173. Before it is 116 Joltik, and after it is 118 Stunfisk. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Discharge lists 50× damage. The cost is Lightning. Discard all Lightning Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 50 damage for each card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When attacked, they create an electric barrier by spitting out many electrically charged threads." The regulation mark is I.

Galvantula (#596) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Galvantula 46/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Illustration Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Galvantula list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

White Flare set binder is where a full White Flare set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Galvantula can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Bug Pokémon. I still need this card.