Staravia 85/147 · Supreme Victors

Staravia is Pokédex #397, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Staravia is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 16. The card says it evolves from Starly. In this catalog that name is Starly (#396). The card lists Staraptor, Staraptor (#398) under evolves to.

Staravia sits at 85/147 in Supreme Victors, position 85 of 153. Before it is 84 Spiritomb C, and after it is 86 Togekiss C. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Double Peck lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Air Crash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning +20. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Recognizing their own weakness, they always live in a group. When alone, a Staravia cries noisily."

Staravia (#397) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Staravia 64/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Staravia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Supreme Victors set binder is where a full Supreme Victors set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Staravia can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.