Tinkatuff 84/182 · Paradox Rift

Paradox Rift is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on November 3, 2023. The printed size is 182. This checklist is longer, at 266 cards. Tinkatuff is 84/182, in position 84 of 266 on this checklist. Before it is 83 Tinkatink, and after it is 85 Tinkaton. The listed rarity is Common.

Tinkatuff is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tinkatuff (#958), generation 9 (Paldea). The card says it evolves from Tinkatink. In this catalog that name is Tinkatink (#957).

Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this card. The same name is on 86 other cards in the catalog.

Tinkatuff (#958) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 3 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2023 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tinkatuff 103/193 in Paldea Evolved (2023). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Tinkatuff list a different HP.

The attack Alloy Aswing lists 20+ damage. The cost is Psychic. If this Pokémon has any Metal Energy attached, this attack does 40 more damage. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "These Pokémon make their homes in piles of scrap metal. They test the strength of each other's hammers by smashing them together." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Paradox Rift, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Paradox Rift set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tinkatuff can fill a slot in Generation 9 binder (Paldea). I still need this card.