Shiftry 5/162 · 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. Shiftry is 5/162, in position 5 of 218 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Nuzleaf, and after it is 6 Shroomish. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Shiftry is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shiftry (#275), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Nuzleaf. In this catalog that name is Nuzleaf (#274).

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

Shiftry (#275) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Shiftry 12/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Souichirou Gunjima illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Shiftry list a different HP.

The attack Expelling Tornado lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Choose 3 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. If you do, shuffle all of your opponent's Benched Pokémon that you didn't choose, and all cards attached to those Pokémon, into their deck. Energy Loop is another attack lists 140 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Put an Energy attached to this Pokémon into your hand. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon that was feared as a forest guardian. It can read the foe's mind and take preemptive action." 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. Shiftry can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.