Archen 146/195 · Silver Tempest

Silver Tempest is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 11, 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. Archen is 146/195, in position 146 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 145 Lopunny, and after it is 147 Archeops. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Archen is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Archen (#566), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Unidentified Fossil. The card lists Archeops, Archeops (#567) under evolves to.

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Archen (#566) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Archen 66/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Archen list a different HP.

The attack Flap lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Claw Slash is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon was successfully restored from a fossil. As research suggested, Archen is unable to fly. But it's very good at jumping." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Silver Tempest, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Silver Tempest set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Archen can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.