Dragonite V 191/203 · 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. Dragonite V is 191/203, in position 191 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 190 Garbodor V, and after it is 192 Dragonite V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Dragonite V is a Basic V Dragon Pokémon with 230 HP. In the Pokédex this is Dragonite (#149), generation 1 (Kanto).

Saki Hayashiro illustrated this card. The same name is on 40 other cards in the catalog.

Dragonite (#149) has 48 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Dragonite 5/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). That card is named Dragonite, while this one is Dragonite V. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 230 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Toshinao Aoki illustrated that card, and Saki Hayashiro illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 43 other cards of Dragonite list a different HP.

The attack Shred lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by any effects on your opponent's Active Pokémon. Dragon Gale is another attack lists 250 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Lightning. This attack also does 20 damage to each of your Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. 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. Dragonite can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.