Beedrill V 160/189 · 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. Beedrill V is 160/189, in position 160 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 159 Zisu, and after it is 161 Beedrill V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Beedrill V is a Basic V Grass Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Beedrill (#015), generation 1 (Kanto).

Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 128 other cards in the catalog.

Beedrill (#015) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Beedrill 17/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Beedrill, while this one is Beedrill V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Ultra. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Beedrill list a different HP.

The attack Twineedle lists 40× damage. The cost is Grass. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage for each heads. Swarming Sting is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. This attack does 50 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon for each of your Beedrill V in play. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. 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. Beedrill can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.