Tapu Koko VMAX 166/163 · 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. Tapu Koko VMAX is 166/163, in position 166 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 165 Victini VMAX, and after it is 167 Single Strike Urshifu VMAX. The collector number is above the printed set size of 163. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

Tapu Koko VMAX is a VMAX Lightning Pokémon with 320 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Koko (#785), generation 7 (Alola). The card says it evolves from Tapu Koko V. In this catalog that name is Tapu Koko (#785).

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

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 VMAX. That card lists 110 HP, and this one lists 320 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. kirisAki illustrated that card, and PLANETA Tsuji illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Tapu Koko list a different HP.

The attack Max Shock lists 180 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. If you have more Prize cards remaining than your opponent, their Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. 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. Tapu Koko can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians and VMAX cards. I still need this card.