AttackThunder Shock
Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed.
Helioptile 43/145 · Guardians Rising
Guardians Rising is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145. This checklist is longer, at 180 cards. Helioptile is 43/145, in position 45 of 180 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Alolan Golem, and after it is 44 Heliolisk. The listed rarity is Common.
Helioptile is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Helioptile (#694), generation 6 (Kalos). The card lists Heliolisk, Heliolisk (#695) under evolves to.
Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.
Helioptile (#694) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2014 to 2026. The earliest other card is Helioptile 36/106 in Flashfire (2014). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Helioptile list a different HP.
The attack Thunder Shock lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement."
I keep a set binder for Guardians Rising, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Guardians Rising set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Helioptile can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 43/145
- Series
- Sun & Moon
- Released
- May 5, 2017
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Lightning
- Illustrator
- Masakazu Fukuda
- Pokédex
- Helioptile (#694)
- Evolves to
- Heliolisk
- Weakness
- Fighting ×2
- Resistance
- Metal -20
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
They make their home in deserts. They can generate their energy from basking in the sun, so eating food is not a requirement.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Helioptile from?
Guardians Rising, in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 5, 2017. The printed size is 145.
What is the collector number?
43/145. It is entry 45 of 180 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Masakazu Fukuda. The catalog lists 471 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Helioptile #694, generation 6 (Kalos).
Which attacks are printed?
Thunder Shock (10).