Primeape 67/163 · 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. Primeape is 67/163, in position 67 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Mankey, and after it is 68 Onix. The listed rarity is Rare.

Primeape is a Stage 1 Single Strike Fighting Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Primeape (#057), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Mankey. In this catalog that name is Mankey (#056).

Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.

Primeape (#057) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Primeape 43/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 23 other cards of Primeape list a different HP.

The attack Field Crush lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. If your opponent has a Stadium in play, discard it. Steamin' Mad Strike is another attack lists 50× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This attack does 50 damage for each of your Benched Pokémon that has any damage counters on it. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The blood vessels in its brain are sturdier than those of other Pokémon, so it can stay healthy despite its constant raging." 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. Primeape can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.