Shaymin 15/185 · Vivid Voltage

Vivid Voltage is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 13, 2020. The printed size is 185. This checklist is longer, at 203 cards. Shaymin is 15/185, in position 15 of 203 on this checklist. Before it is 14 Ninjask, and after it is 16 Genesect. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Shaymin is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shaymin (#492), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Shibuzoh. illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

Shaymin (#492) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Shaymin LV.X DP39/56 in DP Black Star Promos (2007). That card is named Shaymin LV.X, while this one is Shaymin. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. Shizurow illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Shaymin list a different HP.

The attack Leech Seed lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Heal 20 damage from this Pokémon. Flower Bearing is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent shuffles their Active Pokémon and all attached cards and puts them on the bottom of their deck. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The blooming of Gracidea flowers confers the power of flight upon it. Feelings of gratitude are the message it delivers." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Vivid Voltage, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Vivid Voltage set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Shaymin can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.