Altaria 106/203 · Evolving Skies

Evolving Skies is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. Altaria is 106/203, in position 106 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 105 Thievul, and after it is 107 Bagon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Altaria is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Altaria (#334), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Swablu. In this catalog that name is Swablu (#333).

Misa Tsutsui illustrated this card. The same name is on 94 other cards in the catalog.

Altaria (#334) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Altaria 2/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Misa Tsutsui illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Altaria list a different HP.

Tempting Tune is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may search your deck for a Supporter card, reveal it, shuffle your deck, then put that card on top of it. The attack Glide lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Metal. The flavor text reads "On sunny days, it flies freely through the sky and blends into the clouds. It sings in a beautiful soprano." The regulation mark is E.

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