Rufflet 148/195 · 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. Rufflet is 148/195, in position 148 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 147 Archeops, and after it is 149 Hisuian Braviary. The listed rarity is Common.

Rufflet is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rufflet (#627), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Braviary, Braviary (#628) under evolves to.

kurumitsu illustrated this card. The same name is on 33 other cards in the catalog.

Rufflet (#627) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rufflet 86/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and kurumitsu illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Rufflet list a different HP.

The attack Jump On lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its chick-like looks belie its hotheadedness. It challenges its parents at every opportunity, desperate to prove its strength." 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. Rufflet can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.