Mareep 54/203 · 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. Mareep is 54/203, in position 54 of 237 on this checklist. Before it is 53 Lanturn, and after it is 55 Flaaffy. The listed rarity is Common.

Mareep is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mareep (#179), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Flaaffy, Flaaffy (#180) under evolves to.

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Mareep (#179) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Mareep 65/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Mareep list a different HP.

The attack Rear Kick lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Electro Ball is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Rubbing its fleece generates electricity. You'll want to pet it because it's cute, but if you use your bare hand, you'll get a painful shock." 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. Mareep can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.