Garchomp V 117/189 · Astral Radiance

Astral Radiance is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 27, 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Garchomp V is 117/189, in position 117 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 116 Bisharp, and after it is 118 Regidrago. The listed rarity is Rare Holo V.

Garchomp V is a Basic V Dragon Pokémon with 200 HP. In the Pokédex this is Garchomp (#445), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this card. The same name is on 68 other cards in the catalog.

Garchomp (#445) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Garchomp C LV.X DP46/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Garchomp C LV.X, while this one is Garchomp V. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 200 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo V. Shizurow illustrated that card, and N-DESIGN Inc. illustrated this one. 34 other cards of Garchomp list a different HP.

The attack Dragon Claw lists 120 damage. The cost is Water, Fighting, Colorless. Sonic Strike is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. Discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon. This attack does 220 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Astral Radiance, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Astral Radiance set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Garchomp can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.