Falinks 83/163 · 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. Falinks is 83/163, in position 83 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 82 Sandaconda, and after it is 84 Stonjourner. The listed rarity is Rare.

Falinks is a Basic Rapid Strike Fighting Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Falinks (#870), generation 8 (Galar).

Hasuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Falinks (#870) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2024. The earliest other card is Falinks 109/192 in Rebel Clash (2020). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Misa Tsutsui illustrated that card, and Hasuno illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Falinks list a different HP.

The attack Rapid Strike Squad lists 20× damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. This attack does 20 damage for each of your Rapid Strike Pokémon in play. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The six of them work together as one Pokémon. Teamwork is also their battle strategy, and they constantly change their formation as they fight." 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. Falinks can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.