Drifloon 63/189 · 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. Drifloon is 63/189, in position 63 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 62 Gallade, and after it is 64 Drifblim. The listed rarity is Common.

Drifloon is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Drifloon (#425), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Drifblim, Drifblim (#426) under evolves to.

Narumi Sato illustrated this card. The same name is on 44 other cards in the catalog.

Drifloon (#425) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Drifloon 46/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Narumi Sato illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Drifloon list a different HP.

The attack Triple Spin lists 10× damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage for each heads. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Said to lure away young children and carry them off to the afterlife. Some whisper that Drifloon are formed of reincarnated human souls, but these rumors are as yet unconfirmed." 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. Drifloon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.