Bisharp 82/101 · Noble Victories

Bisharp is Pokédex #625, generation 5 (Unova). Bisharp is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Pawniard. In this catalog that name is Pawniard (#624).

Bisharp sits at 82/101 in Noble Victories, position 82 of 102. Before it is 81 Pawniard, and after it is 83 Durant. 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 Rare Holo.

The attack Energy Stream lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Attach a Metal Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Metal Scissors is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 20 more damage for each Metal Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It leads a group of Pawniard. It battles to become the boss, but will be driven from the group if it loses."

Bisharp (#625) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Bisharp 76/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Bisharp list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 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. Bisharp can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.