Pignite 24/163 · Battle Styles

Pignite is Pokédex #499, generation 5 (Unova). Pignite is a Stage 1 Single Strike Fire Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Tepig. In this catalog that name is Tepig (#498). The card lists Emboar, Emboar (#500) under evolves to.

Pignite sits at 24/163 in Battle Styles, position 24 of 183. Before it is 23 Tepig, and after it is 25 Emboar. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Ram lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Combustion is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "When its internal fire flares up, its movements grow sharper and faster. When in trouble, it emits smoke." The regulation mark is E.

Pignite (#499) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Pignite 17/114 in Black & White (2011). Both list 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and tetsuya koizumi illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Pignite list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads tetsuya koizumi. I count 62 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. Pignite can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.