Cryogonal 43/203 · 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. Cryogonal is 43/203, in position 43 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 42 Tympole, and after it is 44 Bergmite. The listed rarity is Common.

Cryogonal is a Basic Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cryogonal (#615), generation 5 (Unova).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Cryogonal (#615) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Cryogonal 32/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 3 other cards of Cryogonal list a different HP.

The attack Element Chain lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Look at the top 6 cards of your deck and attach any number of basic Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. Icy Snow is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They are composed of ice crystals. They capture prey with chains of ice, freezing the prey at -148 degrees Fahrenheit." 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. Cryogonal can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.