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Zubat
Battle Styles 089/163 • common
- Set
- Battle Styles
- Number
- 089/163
- Rarity
- Common
- Released
- 2021
- Energy type
- darkness energy
- Market price
- $0.24
- Artist
- Asako Ito
What it does
Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon.
Their skin is so thin that they'll be burned if sunlight hits them. When it gets cold out, they gather together to warm one another's bodies.
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Where it came from
The Zubat card numbered 089/163 was released as part of the Pokémon Trading Card Game: Battle Styles expansion, which launched in March 2021. This set was notable for introducing the 'Battle Styles' mechanic, specifically the Rapid Strike and Single Strike archetypes, designed to offer players more strategic variety during matches. Zubat, a recurring Pokémon since the game's inception, appears here in its darkness-type iteration, a departure from its traditional poison or psychic typing in earlier sets, reflecting the card's specific alignment within the mechanics of the Sword & Shield era.
The card features artwork by illustrator Kouki Saitou, who has contributed extensively to the Pokémon TCG for many years. Saitou’s approach to this Zubat utilizes a minimalist, nocturnal aesthetic that highlights the creature's cave-dwelling nature. By emphasizing the silhouettes and the eerie, glowing character of the Zubat against a muted backdrop, the design aims to evoke the classic atmosphere of the Pokémon games. Upon its release, it was widely integrated into casual and competitive decks as a low-cost, common-rarity utility card, serving as a functional piece for players building out their card collections.
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