Floatzel 23/72 · Shining Fates

Shining Fates is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 19, 2021. The printed size is 72. This checklist is longer, at 73 cards. Floatzel is 23/72, in position 23 of 73 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Buizel, and after it is 24 Manaphy. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Floatzel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Floatzel (#419), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Buizel. In this catalog that name is Buizel (#418).

AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this card. The same name is on 83 other cards in the catalog.

Floatzel (#419) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Floatzel 26/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masahiko Ishii illustrated that card, and AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Floatzel list a different HP.

The attack Surf lists 50 damage. The cost is Water. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its flotation sac developed as a result of pursuing aquatic prey. It can double as a rubber raft." The regulation mark is E.

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