Donphan 103/191 · Surging Sparks

Surging Sparks is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 8 November 2024. The printed size is 191. This checklist is longer, at 252 cards. Donphan is 103/191, in position 103 of 252 on this checklist. Before it is 102 Phanpy, and after it is 104 Trapinch. The listed rarity is Common.

Donphan is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Donphan (#232), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Phanpy. In this catalog that name is Phanpy (#231).

Donphan (#232) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Donphan 21/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 15 other cards of Donphan list a different HP.

The attack Knock Flat lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting. This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Guarded Rolling is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 100 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The regulation mark is H.

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