Galarian Darumaka SV023/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Shining Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 February 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. Galarian Darumaka is SV023/122, in position 23 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV022 Suicune, and after it is SV024 Galarian Darmanitan. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Galarian Darumaka is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Darumaka (#554), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Darmanitan, Darmanitan (#555) under evolves to.

SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this card. The same name is on 58 other cards in the catalog.

Darumaka (#554) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Darumaka BW18/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card is named Darumaka, while this one is Galarian Darumaka. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Shiny. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and SATOSHI NAKAI illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Darumaka list a different HP.

The attack Ice Punch lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It lived in snowy areas for so long that its fire sac cooled off and atrophied. It now has an organ that generates cold instead." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Shining Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Darumaka can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Galarian forms. I still need this card.