Beartic 26/86 · Black Bolt

Black Bolt is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. Beartic is 26/86, in position 26 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Cubchoo, and after it is 27 Cryogonal. The listed rarity is Rare.

Beartic is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beartic (#614), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Cubchoo. In this catalog that name is Cubchoo (#613).

OOYAMA illustrated this card. The same name is on 29 other cards in the catalog.

Beartic (#614) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Beartic 30/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and OOYAMA illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Beartic list a different HP.

The attack Continuous Headbutt lists 50× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 50 damage for each heads. Sheer Cold is another attack lists 150 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't use attacks. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It can make its breath freeze at will. Very able in the water, it swims around in northern seas and catches prey." The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Black Bolt, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Black Bolt set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Beartic can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Winter: Ice Pokémon and Holiday: Delibird and festive friends. I still need this card.