Staryu 83/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Staryu is 83/111, in position 83 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Spheal, and after it is 84 Trapinch. The listed rarity is Common.

Staryu is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 18. In the Pokédex this is Staryu (#120), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Starmie, Starmie (#121) under evolves to.

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 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 Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Staryu list a different HP.

The attack Cosmic Draw lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If your opponent has any Evolved Pokémon in play, draw 3 cards. Swift is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Water. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If its body is torn, it can grow back if the red core remains. The core flashes at midnight."

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