Nickit SV081/122 · 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. Nickit is SV081/122, in position 81 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV080 Galarian Obstagoon, and after it is SV082 Thievul. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Nickit is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Nickit (#827), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Thievul, Thievul (#828) under evolves to.

Saya Tsuruta illustrated this card. The same name is on 123 other cards in the catalog.

Nickit (#827) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2026. The earliest other card is Nickit 125/202 in Sword & Shield (2020). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. kirisAki illustrated that card, and Saya Tsuruta illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Nickit list a different HP.

The attack Instigate lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent shuffles their hand and puts it on the bottom of their deck. If they put any cards on the bottom of their deck in this way, they draw 3 cards. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Aided by the soft pads on its feet, it silently raids the food stores of other Pokémon. It survives off its ill-gotten gains." 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. Nickit can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). Themed lists that include this exact card are Saya Tsuruta cards. I still need this card.