Yanmega 7/189 · 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. Yanmega is 7/189, in position 7 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Yanma, and after it is 8 Heracross. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Yanmega is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Yanmega (#469), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Yanma. In this catalog that name is Yanma (#193).

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Yanmega (#469) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2025. The earliest other card is Yanmega 17/146 in Legends Awakened (2008). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kent Kanetsuna illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Yanmega list a different HP.

The attack Razor Wing lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Wide Wing is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If you have more cards in your hand than your opponent, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. The flavor text reads "This six-legged Pokémon is easily capable of transporting an adult in flight. The wings on its tail help it stay balanced." 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. Yanmega can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.