Herdier 134/203 · Evolving Skies

Herdier is Pokédex #507, generation 5 (Unova). Herdier is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Lillipup. In this catalog that name is Lillipup (#506). The card lists Stoutland, Stoutland (#508) under evolves to.

Herdier sits at 134/203 in Evolving Skies, position 134 of 237. Before it is 133 Lillipup, and after it is 135 Stoutland. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203. This checklist is longer, at 237 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Tackle lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Take Down is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This Pokémon also does 20 damage to itself. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has been living with people for so long that portrayals of it can be found on the walls of caves from long, long ago." The regulation mark is E.

Herdier (#507) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Herdier 82/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Herdier list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kirisAki. I count 189 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Evolving Skies set binder is where a full Evolving Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Herdier can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.