Noctowl 144/202 · 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. Noctowl is 144/202, in position 144 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 143 Hoothoot, and after it is 145 Minccino. The listed rarity is Rare.

Noctowl is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Noctowl (#164), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Hoothoot. In this catalog that name is Hoothoot (#163).

kawayoo illustrated this card. The same name is on 209 other cards in the catalog.

Noctowl (#164) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Noctowl 42/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and kawayoo illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Noctowl list a different HP.

The attack Wing Attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Carry Off is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. They shuffle that Pokémon and all attached cards into their deck. Then, shuffle this Pokémon and all attached cards into your deck. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When it needs to think, it rotates its head 180 degrees to sharpen its intellectual power." 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. Noctowl can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.