Taillow 103/145 · Guardians Rising

Taillow is Pokédex #276, generation 3 (Hoenn). Taillow is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Swellow, Swellow (#277) under evolves to.

Taillow sits at 103/145 in Guardians Rising, position 108 of 180. Before it is 102 Blissey, and after it is 104 Swellow. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Reckless Charge lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a gutsy spirit that makes it bravely take on tough foes. It flies in search of warm climates."

Taillow (#276) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Taillow 72/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Taillow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ayaka Yoshida. I count 128 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Guardians Rising set binder is where a full Guardians Rising set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Taillow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.