Gallade 62/189 · Astral Radiance

Gallade is Pokédex #475, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Gallade is a Stage 2 Psychic Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Kirlia. In this catalog that name is Kirlia (#281).

Gallade sits at 62/189 in Astral Radiance, position 62 of 216. Before it is 61 Kirlia, and after it is 63 Drifloon. 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 Rare Holo.

Buddy Catch is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. The attack Swirling Slice lists 160 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Move an Energy from this Pokémon to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "True to its honorable-warrior image, it uses the blades on its elbows only in defense of something or someone." The regulation mark is F.

Gallade (#475) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gallade 6/132 in Secret Wonders (2007). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Atsushi Furusawa illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Gallade list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsushi Furusawa. I count 45 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. Gallade can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.