Tyranitar V 155/163 · 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. Tyranitar V is 155/163, in position 155 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 154 Tyranitar V, and after it is 156 Corviknight V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Tyranitar V is a Basic V Single Strike Darkness Pokémon with 230 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tyranitar (#248), generation 2 (Johto).

HYOGONOSUKE illustrated this card. The same name is on 76 other cards in the catalog.

Tyranitar (#248) has 47 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tyranitar 12/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card is named Tyranitar, while this one is Tyranitar V. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Hironobu Yoshida illustrated that card, and HYOGONOSUKE illustrated this one. 43 other cards of Tyranitar list a different HP.

The attack Cragalanche lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 2 cards of your opponent's deck. Single Strike Crush is another attack lists 240 damage. The cost is Darkness, Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Discard the top 4 cards of your deck. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. 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. Tyranitar can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.