Resolved by National Dex
PokeAPI sprites
Sandile
Darkness Pokémon Common Flashfire
Card profile
Card year
2014
May 7, 2014
Set release
FLF
Flashfire · XY
Catalog appearances
17
14 sets · 2011-2025
Pokemon debut
Generation V
Unova · 2010
Evolution
Card details
Released
May 7, 2014
Year
2014
Series
XY
Set size
106 / 110
Card number
#56 of 106
Stage
Basic
National Dex
#551
Artist
Masakazu Fukuda
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Screen appearances
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Catalog appearances
Phantasmal Flames
Nov 14, 2025 · #64 · Common
$0.22
Black Bolt
Jul 18, 2025 · #135 · Illustration Rare
$19.93
Black Bolt
Jul 18, 2025 · #57 · Common
$0.20
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #216 · Illustration Rare
$6.00
Scarlet & Violet
Mar 31, 2023 · #115 · Common
$0.17
Silver Tempest
Nov 11, 2022 · #111 · Common
$0.19
Vivid Voltage
Nov 13, 2020 · #107 · Common
$0.27
Unbroken Bonds
May 3, 2019 · #113 · Common
$0.69
Unbroken Bonds
May 3, 2019 · #114 · Common
$0.35
Sun & Moon
Feb 3, 2017 · #83 · Common
$0.29
Flashfire
May 7, 2014 · #56 · Common
$0.53
XY
Feb 5, 2014 · #69 · Common
$0.76
Plasma Freeze
May 8, 2013 · #68 · Common
$0.53
Dark Explorers
May 9, 2012 · #64 · Common
$0.88
Emerging Powers
Aug 31, 2011 · #60 · Common
$1.01
McDonald's Collection 2011
Jun 17, 2011 · #8
$8.80
Black & White
Apr 25, 2011 · #63 · Common
$4.77
17 total CardsCloud cards share National Dex #551.
Attacks
Surprise Attack
DC
40 Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing.
Battle stats
Weakness
Fighting ×2
Resistance
Psychic -20
Retreat cost
●●
Market value
Price history
Flavor text
It moves along below the sand's surface, except for its nose and eyes. A dark membrane shields its eyes from the sun.
Legality
Unlimited
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