Masquerain 7/197 · Obsidian Flames

Obsidian Flames is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 11 August 2023. The printed size is 197. This checklist is longer, at 230 cards. Masquerain is 7/197, in position 7 of 230 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Surskit, and after it is 8 Combee. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Masquerain is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Masquerain (#284), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Surskit. In this catalog that name is Surskit (#283).

Haru Akasaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 16 other cards in the catalog.

Masquerain (#284) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2023. The earliest other card is Masquerain 20/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Haru Akasaka illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Masquerain list a different HP.

The attack Panic-Prompting Pattern lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, discard a random card from your opponent's hand. Bug Buzz is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It flaps its four wings to hover and fly freely in any direction—to and fro and sideways." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Obsidian Flames, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Obsidian Flames set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Masquerain can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.