Ralts 60/189 · Astral Radiance

Ralts is Pokédex #280, generation 3 (Hoenn). Ralts is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Kirlia, Kirlia (#281) under evolves to.

Ralts sits at 60/189 in Astral Radiance, position 60 of 216. Before it is 59 Mismagius, and after it is 61 Kirlia. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 27, 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Teleportation Burst lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Tends to prefer people with a chipper disposition to those who are gloomy, but it has shown no discrimination with regard to age or gender. Needs more research." The regulation mark is F.

Ralts (#280) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ralts 66/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hataya illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Ralts list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hataya. I count 8 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Astral Radiance set binder is where a full Astral Radiance set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ralts can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.