Drifloon 155/91 · Paldean Fates

Paldean Fates is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on January 26, 2024. The printed size is 91. This checklist is longer, at 245 cards. Drifloon is 155/91, in position 155 of 245 on this checklist. Before it is 154 Kirlia, and after it is 156 Drifblim. The collector number is above the printed set size of 91. The listed rarity is Shiny Rare.

Drifloon is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Drifloon (#425), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Drifblim, Drifblim (#426) under evolves to.

Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this card. The same name is on 174 other cards in the catalog.

Drifloon (#425) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Drifloon 46/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Shiny Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Drifloon list a different HP.

The attack Gust lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Balloon Blast is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. This attack does 30 damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is whispered that any child who mistakes Drifloon for a balloon and holds on to it could wind up missing." The regulation mark is G.

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