Braviary 116/135 · Plasma Storm

Plasma Storm is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. Braviary is 116/135, in position 116 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 115 Rufflet, and after it is 117 Bicycle. The listed rarity is Rare.

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).

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 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 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Braviary 88/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Braviary list a different HP.

Big Wing is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon, you may have your opponent switch his or her Active Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. The attack Wild Edge lists 60+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. You may do 20 more damage. If you do, this Pokémon does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. 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 Plasma Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Storm 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.