Applin 17/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Twilight Masquerade is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. Applin is 17/167, in position 17 of 226 on this checklist. Before it is 16 Rillaboom, and after it is 18 Dipplin. The listed rarity is Common.

Applin is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Applin (#840), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Flapple, Flapple (#841) under evolves to.

OKUBO illustrated this card. The same name is on 20 other cards in the catalog.

Applin (#840) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Applin 20/192 in Rebel Clash (2020). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mizue illustrated that card, and OKUBO illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is H.

The attack Tumbling Attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Applin lives inside an apple. When an Applin is separated from its apple, its body loses moisture and the Pokémon grows weak." The regulation mark is H.

I keep a set binder for Twilight Masquerade, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Twilight Masquerade set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Applin can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.