Applin 20/192 · Rebel Clash

Rebel Clash is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on May 1, 2020. The printed size is 192. This checklist is longer, at 209 cards. Applin is 20/192, in position 20 of 209 on this checklist. Before it is 19 Eldegoss V, and after it is 21 Applin. The listed rarity is Common.

Applin is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Applin (#840), generation 8 (Galar). The card lists Flapple, Flapple (#841) under evolves to.

Mizue illustrated this card. The same name is on 184 other cards in the catalog.

Applin (#840) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Applin 21/192 in Rebel Clash (2020). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mizue illustrated this one.

The attack Continuous Tumble lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. This attack does 30 more damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It spends its entire life inside an apple. It hides from its natural enemies, bird Pokémon, by pretending it's just an apple and nothing more." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Rebel Clash, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Rebel Clash set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Applin can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.