Tapu Koko V 147/163 · Battle Styles

Tapu Koko is Pokédex #785, generation 7 (Alola). Tapu Koko V is a Basic V Lightning Pokémon with 210 HP.

Tapu Koko V sits at 147/163 in Battle Styles, position 147 of 183. Before it is 146 Empoleon V, and after it is 148 Mimikyu 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 Rare Ultra.

The attack Electro Ball lists 40 damage. The cost is Lightning. Spiral Thunder is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. This attack does 40 more damage for each Energy attached to all of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Fighting ×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.

Tapu Koko (#785) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tapu Koko SM30/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Tapu Koko, while this one is Tapu Koko V. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. kirisAki illustrated that card, and Eske Yoshinob illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Tapu Koko list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Eske Yoshinob. I count 177 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. Tapu Koko can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians. I still need this card.