Braviary 178/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Braviary is 178/236, in position 179 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 177 Rufflet, and after it is 179 Helioptile. The listed rarity is Rare.

Braviary is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Braviary (#628), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Rufflet. In this catalog that name is Rufflet (#627).

chibi illustrated this card. The same name is on 40 other cards in the catalog.

Braviary (#628) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Braviary 88/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and chibi illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Braviary list a different HP.

The attack Clutch lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. The Defending Pokémon can't retreat during your opponent's next turn. Aero Fall is another attack lists 140 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The more scars it has on its front, the more heroic it's considered to be. Those with many scars on their back are mocked by the flock."

I keep a set binder for Cosmic Eclipse, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Cosmic Eclipse set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Braviary can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.