Inteleon 227/203 · 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. Inteleon is 227/203, in position 227 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 226 Froslass, and after it is 228 Cresselia. The collector number is above the printed set size of 203. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Inteleon is a Stage 2 Rapid Strike Water Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Inteleon (#818), generation 8 (Galar). The card says it evolves from Drizzile. In this catalog that name is Drizzile (#817).

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

Inteleon (#818) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2019 to 2025. The earliest other card is Inteleon V SWSH016/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos (2019). That card is named Inteleon V, while this one is Inteleon. That card lists 200 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Secret. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Saki Hayashiro illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Inteleon list a different HP.

Quick Shooting is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, you may put 2 damage counters on 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. The attack Waterfall lists 70 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its nictitating membranes let it pick out foes' weak points so it can precisely blast them with water that shoots from its fingertips at Mach 3." 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. Inteleon can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.