Starmie V 166/189 · 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. Starmie V is 166/189, in position 166 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 165 Heatran V, and after it is 167 Origin Forme Palkia V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Starmie V is a Basic V Water Pokémon with 190 HP. In the Pokédex this is Starmie (#121), generation 1 (Kanto).

Eske Yoshinob illustrated this card. The same name is on 177 other cards in the catalog.

Starmie (#121) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Starmie 64/102 in Base (1999). That card is named Starmie, while this one is Starmie V. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 190 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Ultra. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Starmie list a different HP.

The attack Swift lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance, or by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Energy Spiral is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Water, Water. This attack does 50 damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. 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. Starmie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.