Meditite 72/195 · 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. Meditite is 72/195, in position 72 of 215 on this checklist. Before it is 71 Mawile VSTAR, and after it is 73 Medicham. The listed rarity is Common.

Meditite is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Meditite (#307), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Medicham, Medicham (#308) under evolves to.

Jiro Sasumo illustrated this card. The same name is on 29 other cards in the catalog.

Meditite (#307) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meditite 37/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Jiro Sasumo illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Meditite list a different HP.

Yoga Guard is listed as Ability. As long as this Pokémon is on your Bench, prevent all damage done to this Pokémon by attacks (both yours and your opponent's). The attack Psyshot lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It eats just one berry a day. By enduring hunger, its spirit is tempered and made sharper." 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. Meditite can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.