Deerling 165/162 · Temporal Forces

Deerling is Pokédex #585, generation 5 (Unova). Deerling is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Sawsbuck, Sawsbuck (#586) under evolves to.

Deerling sits at 165/162 in Temporal Forces, position 165 of 218. Before it is 164 Grotle, and after it is 166 Sawsbuck. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 162. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Flop lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Leaf Litter Tackle is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Discard a Grass Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Deerling have different scents depending on the season. In this form, Deerling have a softly sweet scent that lingers in the nose." The regulation mark is H.

Deerling (#585) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Deerling 13/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Susumu Maeya illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Deerling list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Susumu Maeya. I count 10 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Temporal Forces set binder is where a full Temporal Forces set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Deerling can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.