Rillaboom 16/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Rillaboom is Pokédex #812, generation 8 (Galar). Rillaboom is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 180 HP. The card says it evolves from Thwackey. In this catalog that name is Thwackey (#811).

Rillaboom sits at 16/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 16 of 226. Before it is 15 Thwackey, and after it is 17 Applin. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Drum Beating lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass. During your opponent's next turn, attacks used by the Defending Pokémon cost Colorless more, and its Retreat Cost is Colorless more. Wood Hammer is another attack lists 180 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. This Pokémon also does 50 damage to itself. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "By drumming, it taps into the power of its special tree stump. The roots of the stump follow its direction in battle." The regulation mark is H.

Rillaboom (#812) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2021. The earliest other card is Rillaboom SWSH006/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card lists 170 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and toriyufu illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is H. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 4. 15 other cards of Rillaboom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads toriyufu. I count 11 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rillaboom can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.