Archen 131/86 · White Flare

Archen is Pokédex #566, generation 5 (Unova). Archen is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Antiuqe Plume Fossil. The card lists Archeops, Archeops (#567) under evolves to.

Archen sits at 131/86 in White Flare, position 131 of 173. Before it is 130 Sawk, and after it is 132 Archeops. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Acrobatics lists 30+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Said to be an ancestor of bird Pokémon, they were unable to fly and moved about by hopping from one branch to another." The regulation mark is I.

Archen (#566) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Archen 66/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ounishi illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Archen list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ounishi. I count 4 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

White Flare set binder is where a full White Flare set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Archen can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon and Bird Pokémon. I still need this card.