Falinks SV074/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Shining Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 19, 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. Falinks is SV074/122, in position 74 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is SV073 Grapploct, and after it is SV075 Stonjourner. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Falinks is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Falinks (#870), generation 8 (Galar).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Falinks (#870) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2024. The earliest other card is Falinks 109/192 in Rebel Clash (2020). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Shiny. Misa Tsutsui illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Falinks list a different HP.

The attack Call for Family lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Search your deck for up to 2 Basic Pokémon and put them onto your Bench. Then, shuffle your deck. Team Attack is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 30 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon that has "Falinks" in its name. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Five of them are troopers, and one is the brass. The brass's orders are absolute." The regulation mark is D.

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