Tepig 23/163 · 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. Tepig is 23/163, in position 23 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Victini VMAX, and after it is 24 Pignite. The listed rarity is Common.

Tepig is a Basic Single Strike Fire Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tepig (#498), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Pignite, Pignite (#499) under evolves to.

You Iribi illustrated this card. The same name is on 50 other cards in the catalog.

Tepig (#498) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tepig BW02/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and You Iribi illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Tepig list a different HP.

The attack Ram lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Combustion is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It loves to eat roasted berries, but sometimes it gets too excited and burns them to a crisp." 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. Tepig can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.