Krookodile 59/86 · 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. Krookodile is 59/86, in position 59 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 58 Krokorok, and after it is 60 Antique Cover Fossil. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Krookodile is a Stage 2 Darkness Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Krookodile (#553), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Krokorok. In this catalog that name is Krokorok (#552).

Gapao illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 other cards in the catalog.

Krookodile (#553) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Krookodile 65/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 140 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Gapao illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Krookodile list a different HP.

The attack Tighten Up lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Your opponent discards 2 cards from their hand. Cursed Slug is another attack lists 120+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless. If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does 120 more damage. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "They never allow prey to escape. Their jaws are so powerful, they can crush the body of an automobile." 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. Krookodile can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.