Rain Castform 26/113 · Delta Species

Delta Species is a set in the EX series. It was released on October 31, 2005. The printed size is 113. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. Rain Castform is 26/113, in position 26 of 114 on this checklist. Before it is 25 Porygon2, and after it is 27 Sandslash δ. The listed rarity is Rare.

Rain Castform is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Castform (#351), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Miki Tanaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 192 other cards in the catalog.

Castform (#351) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2024. The earliest other card is Rain Castform 23/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Castform list a different HP.

Temperamental Weather is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may search your deck for Castform, Sunny Castform, or Snow-cloud Castform and switch it with Rain Castform. (Any cards attached to Rain Castform, damage counters, Special Conditions, and effects on it are now on the new Pokémon.) Shuffle Rain Castform back into your deck. You can't use more than 1 Temperamental Weather Poké-Power each turn. The attack Holon Splash lists 30+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Holon Energy card attached to Rain Castform. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Delta Species, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Delta Species set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Castform can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.