Palkia 19/95 · Call of Legends

Call of Legends is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 9, 2011. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 106 cards. Palkia is 19/95, in position 19 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 18 Pachirisu, and after it is 20 Rayquaza. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Palkia is a Basic Water Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Palkia (#484), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Daisuke Iwamoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 1 other cards in the catalog.

Palkia (#484) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Palkia 11/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Daisuke Iwamoto illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 35 other cards of Palkia list a different HP.

The attack Wormhole lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water, Water. Switch Palkia with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Then, your opponent switches the Defending Pokémon with 1 of his or her Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Its total control over the boundaries of space enable it to transport itself to faraway places or even other dimensions."

I keep a set binder for Call of Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Call of Legends set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Palkia can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.