Archen 66/101 · Noble Victories

Archen is Pokédex #566, generation 5 (Unova). Archen is a Restored Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Plume Fossil. The card lists Archeops, Archeops (#567) under evolves to.

Archen sits at 66/101 in Noble Victories, position 66 of 102. Before it is 65 Conkeldurr, and after it is 67 Archeops. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 16, 2011. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Rock Throw lists 20 damage. The cost is Fighting. Acrobatics is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Put this card onto your Bench only with the effect of Plume Fossil The flavor text reads "Said to be an ancestor of bird Pokémon, they were unable to fly and moved about by hopping from one branch to another."

Archen (#566) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2025. The earliest other card is Archen 53/101 in Plasma Blast (2013). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Mizue illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Archen list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Noble Victories set binder is where a full Noble Victories set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Archen can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.