Kricketune V 142/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on March 19, 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Kricketune V is 142/163, in position 142 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 141 Single Strike Energy, and after it is 143 Flapple V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Kricketune V is a Basic V Grass Pokémon with 180 HP. In the Pokédex this is Kricketune (#402), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Satoshi Shirai illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Kricketune (#402) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Kricketune 27/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card is named Kricketune, while this one is Kricketune V. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Ultra. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Satoshi Shirai illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 8 other cards of Kricketune list a different HP.

Exciting Stage is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may draw cards until you have 3 cards in your hand. If this Pokémon is in the Active Spot, you may draw cards until you have 4 cards in your hand instead. You can't use more than 1 Exciting Stage Ability each turn. The attack X-Scissor lists 80+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

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