Palossand 75/149 · Sun & Moon

Sun & Moon is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on February 3, 2017. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Palossand is 75/149, in position 75 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 74 Sandygast, and after it is 76 Alolan Rattata. The listed rarity is Rare.

Palossand is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Palossand (#770), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Sandygast. In this catalog that name is Sandygast (#769).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Palossand (#770) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Palossand 62/147 in Burning Shadows (2017). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. kawayoo illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Palossand list a different HP.

Wall of Sand is listed as Ability. This Pokémon takes 20 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Absorb Vitality lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained."

I keep a set binder for Sun & Moon, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Sun & Moon set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Palossand can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). I still need this card.