Grimmsnarl VMAX 115/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Darkness Ablaze is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 14 August 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. Grimmsnarl VMAX is 115/189, in position 115 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 114 Grimmsnarl V, and after it is 116 Eternatus V. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.

Grimmsnarl VMAX is a VMAX Darkness Pokémon with 330 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grimmsnarl (#861), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Grimmsnarl V. In this catalog that name is Grimmsnarl (#861).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Grimmsnarl (#861) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2026. The earliest other card is Grimmsnarl V SWSH057/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Grimmsnarl V, while this one is Grimmsnarl VMAX. That card lists 220 HP, and this one lists 330 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 11 other cards of Grimmsnarl list a different HP.

The attack G-Max Drill lists 170+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Darkness. This attack does 50 more damage for each extra Darkness Energy attached to this Pokémon (in addition to this attack's cost). You can't add more than 100 damage in this way. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Darkness Ablaze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Darkness Ablaze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grimmsnarl can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). Themed lists that include this exact card are VMAX cards. I still need this card.