Starmie 53/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Starmie is 53/264, in position 53 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Staryu, and after it is 54 Lapras. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Starmie is a Stage 1 Rapid Strike Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Starmie (#121), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Staryu. In this catalog that name is Staryu (#120).

Megumi Mizutani illustrated this card. The same name is on 133 other cards in the catalog.

Starmie (#121) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Starmie 64/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Holo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Megumi Mizutani illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Starmie list a different HP.

The attack Multishot Star lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Discard any amount of Water Energy from this Pokémon. Then, for each Energy card you discarded in this way, choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon and do 30 damage to it. (You can choose the same Pokémon more than once.) This damage isn't affected by Weakness or Resistance. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It rotates its geometrically shaped body to swim through the water. It always seems to be sending out mysterious radio waves." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Fusion Strike, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fusion Strike set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Starmie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Rapid Strike. I still need this card.