Taillow 80/107 · Deoxys

Deoxys is a set in the EX series. It was released on February 1, 2005. The printed size is 107. This checklist is longer, at 108 cards. Taillow is 80/107, in position 80 of 108 on this checklist. Before it is 79 Swablu, and after it is 81 Wingull. The listed rarity is Common.

Taillow is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Taillow (#276), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Swellow, Swellow (#277) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Taillow (#276) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Taillow 72/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Taillow list a different HP.

The attack Fly lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Taillow during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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