Purugly 116/163 · Battle Styles

Purugly is Pokédex #432, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Purugly is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Glameow. In this catalog that name is Glameow (#431).

Purugly sits at 116/163 in Battle Styles, position 116 of 183. Before it is 115 Glameow, and after it is 117 Stoutland V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Caturday lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw 3 cards. If you do, this Pokémon is now Asleep. Claw Slash is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "To make itself appear intimidatingly beefy, it tightly cinches its waist with its twin tails." The regulation mark is E.

Purugly (#432) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Purugly 36/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Purugly list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Akira Komayama. I count 239 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Battle Styles set binder is where a full Battle Styles set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Purugly can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.