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Put a Water Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. If you do, attach up to 3 Water Energy cards from your discard pile to that Pokémon.
Vaporeon VMAX 30/203 · 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. Vaporeon VMAX is 30/203, in position 30 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Gyarados VMAX, and after it is 31 Suicune V. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VMAX.
Vaporeon VMAX is a VMAX Rapid Strike Water Pokémon with 320 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vaporeon (#134), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Vaporeon V. In this catalog that name is Vaporeon (#134).
5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.
Vaporeon (#134) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Vaporeon 12/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Vaporeon, while this one is Vaporeon VMAX. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 320 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Holo VMAX. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 35 other cards of Vaporeon list a different HP.
The attack Bubble Pod lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Put a Water Pokémon from your discard pile onto your Bench. If you do, attach up to 3 Water Energy cards from your discard pile to that Pokémon. Max Torrent is another attack lists 100+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 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. Vaporeon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions, VMAX cards, and Rapid Strike. I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 30/203
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- August 27, 2021
- Rarity
- Rare Holo VMAX
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- VMAX, Rapid Strike
- HP
- 320
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- 5ban Graphics
- Pokédex
- Vaporeon (#134)
- Evolves from
- Vaporeon V
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat
- 2
- Regulation mark
- E
Attacks and card text
AttackMax Torrent
If your opponent's Active Pokémon already has any damage counters on it, this attack does 100 more damage.
Card text
VMAX rule: When your Pokémon VMAX is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 3 Prize cards.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Vaporeon VMAX from?
Evolving Skies, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on August 27, 2021. The printed size is 203.
What is the collector number?
30/203. It is entry 30 of 237 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
5ban Graphics. The catalog lists 1,629 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Rare Holo VMAX.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Vaporeon #134, generation 1 (Kanto).
What regulation mark is printed?
E.
Which attacks are printed?
Bubble Pod and Max Torrent (100+).