Gothitelle 75/189 · Darkness Ablaze

Gothitelle is Pokédex #576, generation 5 (Unova). Gothitelle is a Stage 2 Psychic Pokémon with 140 HP. The card says it evolves from Gothorita. In this catalog that name is Gothorita (#575).

Gothitelle sits at 75/189 in Darkness Ablaze, position 75 of 201. Before it is 74 Gothorita, and after it is 76 Golett. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 14 August 2020. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 201 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Mind Bend lists 40 damage. The cost is Psychic. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Bend is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. Choose 2 random cards from your opponent's hand. Your opponent reveals those cards and shuffles them into their deck. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has tremendous psychic power, but it dislikes conflict. It's also able to predict the future based on the movement of the stars." The regulation mark is D.

Gothitelle (#576) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Gothitelle 47/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Eri Yamaki illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Gothitelle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eri Yamaki. I count 39 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Darkness Ablaze set binder is where a full Darkness Ablaze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gothitelle can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.