Toxapex 115/195 · Silver Tempest

Silver Tempest is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. Toxapex is 115/195, in position 115 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 114 Mareanie, and after it is 116 Morpeko. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Toxapex is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Toxapex (#748), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Mareanie. In this catalog that name is Mareanie (#747).

Ligton illustrated this card. The same name is on 15 other cards in the catalog.

Toxapex (#748) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2020. The earliest other card is Toxapex 63/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ligton illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 6 other cards of Toxapex list a different HP.

The attack Venoshock lists 10+ damage. The cost is Darkness. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is Poisoned, this attack does 120 more damage. Spike Shot is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "To survive in the cold waters of Galar, this Pokémon forms a dome with its legs, enclosing its body so it can capture its own body heat." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Silver Tempest, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Silver Tempest set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Toxapex can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.