Staraptor 97/116 · Plasma Freeze

Staraptor is Pokédex #398, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Staraptor is a Stage 2 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. The card says it evolves from Staravia. In this catalog that name is Staravia (#397).

Staraptor sits at 97/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 97 of 122. Before it is 96 Staravia, and after it is 98 Tornadus-EX. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Wing Attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Strong Breeze is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent shuffles the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it into his or her deck. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It never stops attacking even if it is injured. It fusses over the shape of its comb."

Staraptor (#398) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Staraptor 16/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masahiko Ishii illustrated that card, and Hajime Kusajima illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Staraptor list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hajime Kusajima. I count 206 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Staraptor can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.