Tapu Koko 61/189 · 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. Tapu Koko is 61/189, in position 61 of 201 on this checklist. Before it is 60 Vikavolt V, and after it is 62 Toxel. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tapu Koko is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Koko (#785), generation 7 (Alola).

Hasuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Tapu Koko (#785) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tapu Koko SM30/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). Both list 110 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. kirisAki illustrated that card, and Hasuno illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Tapu Koko list a different HP.

The attack Allure lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw 2 cards. Electric Ball is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "The lightning-wielding guardian deity of Melemele, Tapu Koko is brimming with curiosity and appears before people from time to time." 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. Tapu Koko can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians. I still need this card.