Today we are cataloguing a truly special and highly desirable specimen: a Shiny Carkol. This Secret Rare card from the celebrated high-class set Shiny Star V features the Pokémon in its rare, alternate colouration, making it a prized find for any collector and a perfect highlight for the museum.
Card Details
- Pokémon Name: Carkol (トロッゴン)
- Set: Shiny Star V (s4a)
- Year: 2020
- Card Number: 267/190
- Rarity/Edition: Shiny Secret Rare (S)
- Artist: tetsuya koizumi
- National Pokédex No.: 838
Card Text & Attacks
- Type: Fighting
- HP: 100
- Evolves From: Rolycoly
- Attack 1:
- Japanese: ぶつかる
- Romaji: Butsukaru
- English: Ram
- Cost: [Colourless][Colourless]
- Damage: 30
- Attack 2:
- Japanese: ヒートスタンプ
- Romaji: Hīto Sutanpu
- English: Heat Stamp
- Cost: [Fighting][Colourless][Colourless]
- Damage: 60
- Weakness: Grass x2
- Resistance: None
- Retreat Cost: [Colourless][Colourless][Colourless]
- Pokédex Entry:
- Japanese: 体内で 石炭を つくりだす。昔の ガラルでは 落とした 石炭を 生活に 利用した。
- Romaji: Tainai de sekitan o tsukuridasu. Mukashi no Gararu de wa otoshita sekitan o seikatsu ni riyō shita.
- English: It creates coal inside its body. In olden times, the people of Galar used the coal it dropped for their everyday lives.
Collector’s Notes
This Carkol is a “Shiny” Secret Rare from the Japanese high-class pack Shiny Star V. This is a highly sought-after rarity, denoted by the “S” in its rarity block and a card number (267) that exceeds the main set’s count (190). The card features a beautifully textured, sparkling holographic finish that surrounds the Pokémon, which is depicted in its alternate “shiny” colour scheme.
This specimen is a top-tier Geological Pokémon. Carkol is a living minecart that, as its Pokédex entry explicitly states, creates coal inside its body. This is a direct and wonderful link to the geological process of coal formation (carboniferous geology) and the history of human industry. In the video games, Carkol is a Rock/Fire type, but the TCG consolidates this into the Fighting type, representing its rock-based nature. This card is a beautiful and rare representation of a Pokémon that is, quite literally, a mobile geological event.
