Sawsbuck 166/162 · Temporal Forces

Temporal Forces is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on March 22, 2024. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 218 cards. Sawsbuck is 166/162, in position 166 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 165 Deerling, and after it is 167 Litten. The collector number is above the printed set size of 162. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Sawsbuck is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sawsbuck (#586), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Deerling. In this catalog that name is Deerling (#585).

Susumu Maeya illustrated this card. The same name is on 10 other cards in the catalog.

Sawsbuck (#586) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Sawsbuck 14/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Illustration Rare. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Susumu Maeya illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 4 other cards of Sawsbuck list a different HP.

Changing Seasons is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Stadium card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. The attack Superpowered Horns lists 110 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Sawsbuck in their Autumn Form are known for having very short tempers. The males fight each other incessantly." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Temporal Forces, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Temporal Forces set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sawsbuck can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.