Drifblim 90/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 31, 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Drifblim is 90/198, in position 90 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 89 Drifloon, and after it is 91 Flabébé. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Drifblim is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Drifblim (#426), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Drifloon. In this catalog that name is Drifloon (#425).

Yuu Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 65 other cards in the catalog.

Drifblim (#426) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Drifblim 24/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuu Nishida illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Drifblim list a different HP.

The attack Gust lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Curse Spreading is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Psychic. Put 8 damage counters on your opponent's Pokémon in any way you like. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can generate and release gas within its body. That's how it can control the altitude of its drift." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Drifblim can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.