Rain Castform 23/101 · Hidden Legends

Hidden Legends is a set in the EX series. It was released on June 1, 2004. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. Rain Castform is 23/101, in position 23 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Ninetales, and after it is 24 Relicanth. The listed rarity is Rare.

Rain Castform is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Castform (#351), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 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 Snow-cloud Castform 25/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card is named Snow-cloud Castform, while this one is Rain Castform. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 18 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 Scattered Shower lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Shuffle your hand into your deck. Draw up to 5 cards. Rainy Day Blues is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If Low Pressure System is in play, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Hidden Legends, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Hidden Legends 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.