Staryu 122/146 · Legends Awakened

Legends Awakened is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2008. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Staryu is 122/146, in position 122 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 121 Spoink, and after it is 123 Swinub. The listed rarity is Common.

Staryu is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 14. In the Pokédex this is Staryu (#120), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Starmie, Starmie (#121) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Staryu (#120) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Staryu 65/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Staryu list a different HP.

The attack Recover lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to Staryu and remove 3 damage counters from Staryu. Spinning Attack is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its body is virtually composed of water. It shoots strange beams from its crystal-like eyes."

I keep a set binder for Legends Awakened, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Legends Awakened set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Staryu can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.