Victreebel 3/163 · 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. Victreebel is 3/163, in position 3 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Weepinbell, and after it is 4 Cacnea. The listed rarity is Rare.

Victreebel is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Victreebel (#071), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Weepinbell. In this catalog that name is Weepinbell (#070).

Tika Matsuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 48 other cards in the catalog.

Victreebel (#071) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Victreebel 14/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tika Matsuno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 14 other cards of Victreebel list a different HP.

The attack Panic Vine lists 40 damage. The cost is Grass. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. During your opponent's next turn, that Pokémon can't retreat. Solar Beam is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Once ingested into this Pokémon's body, even the hardest object will melt into nothing." 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. Victreebel can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.