Rufflet 115/135 · Plasma Storm

Rufflet is Pokédex #627, generation 5 (Unova). Rufflet is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Braviary, Braviary (#628) under evolves to.

Rufflet sits at 115/135 in Plasma Storm, position 115 of 138. Before it is 114 Bouffalant, and after it is 116 Braviary. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Incessant Peck lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 20 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It stands up to massive opponents, not out of courage, but out of recklessness. But that is how it gets stronger."

Rufflet (#627) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rufflet 86/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and kawayoo illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Rufflet list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kawayoo. I count 209 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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