Braviary 88/98 · Emerging Powers

Emerging Powers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. Braviary is 88/98, in position 88 of 98 on this checklist. Before it is 87 Rufflet, and after it is 89 Tornadus. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Braviary is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Braviary (#628), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Rufflet. In this catalog that name is Rufflet (#627).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Braviary (#628) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2012 to 2026. The earliest other card is Braviary 112/124 in Dragons Exalted (2012). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Braviary list a different HP.

The attack Wing Attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Brave Bird is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon does 30 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The more scars they have, the more respect these brave soldiers of the sky get from their peers."

I keep a set binder for Emerging Powers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerging Powers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Braviary can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.