Sunkern 5/195 · 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. Sunkern is 5/195, in position 5 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Ariados, and after it is 6 Sunflora. The listed rarity is Common.
Sunkern is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sunkern (#191), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Sunflora, Sunflora (#192) under evolves to.
Saya Tsuruta illustrated this card. The same name is on 123 other cards in the catalog.
Sunkern (#191) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Sunkern 78/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Saya Tsuruta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 1 other cards of Sunkern list a different HP.
The attack Seed Bomb lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else." 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. Sunkern can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 5/195
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- November 11, 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 40
- Type
- Grass
- Illustrator
- Saya Tsuruta
- Pokédex
- Sunkern (#191)
- Evolves to
- Sunflora
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Retreat
- 1
- Regulation mark
- F
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It lives by drinking only dewdrops from under the leaves of plants. It is said that it eats nothing else.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Sunkern from?
Silver Tempest, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 11, 2022. The printed size is 195.
What is the collector number?
5/195. It is entry 5 of 215 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Saya Tsuruta. The catalog lists 123 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Sunkern #191, generation 2 (Johto).
What regulation mark is printed?
F.
Which attacks are printed?
Seed Bomb (20).