Copperajah 137/202 · Sword & Shield

Sword & Shield is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 7, 2020. The printed size is 202. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Copperajah is 137/202, in position 137 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 136 Cufant, and after it is 138 Zacian V. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Copperajah is a Stage 1 Metal Pokémon with 190 HP. In the Pokédex this is Copperajah (#879), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Cufant. In this catalog that name is Cufant (#878).

Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this card. The same name is on 155 other cards in the catalog.

Copperajah (#879) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2025. The earliest other card is Copperajah V SWSH030/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Copperajah V, while this one is Copperajah. That card lists 220 HP, and this one lists 190 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Copperajah list a different HP.

The attack Dig Drain lists 60 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Muscular Nose is another attack lists 220 damage. The cost is Metal, Metal, Metal. If this Pokémon has 8 or more damage counters on it, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 4. The flavor text reads "These Pokémon live in herds. Their trunks have incredible grip strength, strong enough to crush giant rocks into powder." The regulation mark is D.

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