Carnivine 9/163 · 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. Carnivine is 9/163, in position 9 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Cherrim, and after it is 10 Durant. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Carnivine is a Basic Rapid Strike Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Carnivine (#455), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this card. The same name is on 83 other cards in the catalog.

Carnivine (#455) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Carnivine 21/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and AKIRA EGAWA illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 14 other cards of Carnivine list a different HP.

The attack Big Bite lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, the Defending Pokémon can't retreat. Triple Whip is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 60 damage for each heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down." 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. Carnivine can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.