Honchkrow 94/163 · 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. Honchkrow is 94/163, in position 94 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 93 Murkrow, and after it is 95 Houndour. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Honchkrow is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Honchkrow (#430), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Murkrow. In this catalog that name is Murkrow (#198).

Miki Tanaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 192 other cards in the catalog.

Honchkrow (#430) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honchkrow 10/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 19 other cards of Honchkrow list a different HP.

Insomnia is listed as Ability. This Pokémon can't be Asleep. The attack Voltage Dive lists 80+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon has any Special Energy attached, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its goons take care of most of the fighting for it. The only time it dirties its own hands is in delivering a final blow to finish off an opponent." 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. Honchkrow can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.