Pincurchin SV043/122 · 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. Pincurchin is SV043/122, in position 43 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV042 Toxtricity, and after it is SV044 Morpeko. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Pincurchin is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Pincurchin (#871), generation 8 (Galar).

Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Pincurchin (#871) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2026. The earliest other card is Pincurchin 77/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Pincurchin list a different HP.

The attack Shocking Needles lists 30× damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. If at least 2 of them are heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It feeds on seaweed, using its teeth to scrape it off rocks. Electric current flows from the tips of its spines." 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. Pincurchin can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.