Castform 121/198 · Chilling Reign

Chilling Reign is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on June 18, 2021. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 233 cards. Castform is 121/198, in position 121 of 233 on this checklist. Before it is 120 Zangoose, and after it is 122 Kecleon. The listed rarity is Common.

Castform is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Castform (#351), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Asako Ito illustrated this card. The same name is on 35 other cards in the catalog.

Castform (#351) has 21 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2024. The earliest other card is Rain Castform 23/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card is named Rain Castform, while this one is Castform. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated that card, and Asako Ito illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Castform list a different HP.

Weather Reading is listed as Ability. If you have 8 or more Stadium cards in your discard pile, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs. The attack Weather Force lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "Its form changes depending on the weather. The rougher conditions get, the rougher Castform's disposition!" The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Chilling Reign, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Chilling Reign set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Castform can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.