Mantine 52/202 · 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. Mantine is 52/202, in position 52 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Qwilfish, and after it is 53 Keldeo V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Mantine is a Basic Water Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mantine (#226), generation 2 (Johto).

Jumpei Akasaka illustrated Mantine, and no other card in this catalog uses that name.

Mantine (#226) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Mantine 64/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Jumpei Akasaka illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Mantine list a different HP.

The attack Water Reserve lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Search your deck for up to 3 Water Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Wave Splash is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it builds up enough speed swimming, it can jump out above the waves and glide for over 300 feet." 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. Mantine can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.