Rufflet 131/189 · 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. Rufflet is 131/189, in position 131 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 130 Regigigas, and after it is 132 Hisuian Braviary. The listed rarity is Common.

Rufflet is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rufflet (#627), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Braviary, Braviary (#628) under evolves to.

Eri Yamaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 39 other cards in the catalog.

Rufflet (#627) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rufflet 86/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Eri Yamaki illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Rufflet list a different HP.

The attack Claw lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its chick-like looks belie its hotheadedness. It challenges its parents at every opportunity, desperate to prove its strength." 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. Rufflet can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.