Cinderace 36/202 · 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. Cinderace is 36/202, in position 36 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 35 Cinderace, and after it is 37 Sizzlipede. The listed rarity is Rare.

Cinderace is a Stage 2 Fire Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cinderace (#815), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Raboot. In this catalog that name is Raboot (#814).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Cinderace (#815) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2026. The earliest other card is Cinderace V SWSH015/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Cinderace V, while this one is Cinderace. That card lists 210 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Cinderace list a different HP.

The attack Flame Cloak lists 40 damage. The cost is Fire. Attach a Fire Energy card from your discard pile to this Pokémon. Bright Flame is another attack lists 160 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It juggles a pebble with its feet, turning it into a burning soccer ball. Its shots strike opponents hard and leave them scorched." 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. Cinderace can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.