Purugly 128/189 · 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. Purugly is 128/189, in position 128 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 127 Glameow, and after it is 129 Chatot. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Purugly is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Purugly (#432), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Glameow. In this catalog that name is Glameow (#431).

Mina Nakai illustrated this card. The same name is on 77 other cards in the catalog.

Purugly (#432) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Purugly 36/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Mina Nakai illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 7 other cards of Purugly list a different HP.

The attack Body Slam lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Slashing Claw is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "To make itself appear intimidatingly beefy, it tightly cinches its waist with its twin tails." 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. Purugly can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.