Flapple VMAX 164/163 · 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. Flapple VMAX is 164/163, in position 164 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 163 Single Strike Style Mustard, and after it is 165 Victini VMAX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 163. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Flapple VMAX is a VMAX Grass Pokémon with 320 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flapple (#841), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Flapple V. In this catalog that name is Flapple (#841).

PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this card. The same name is on 81 other cards in the catalog.

Flapple (#841) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2024. The earliest other card is Flapple SWSH022/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Flapple, while this one is Flapple VMAX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 320 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. Hitoshi Ariga illustrated that card, and PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 3. 10 other cards of Flapple list a different HP.

The attack G-Max Rolling lists 250- damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 10 less damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 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. Flapple can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.