Flygon V 164/172 · Brilliant Stars

Brilliant Stars is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. Flygon V is 164/172, in position 164 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 163 Zamazenta V, and after it is 165 Arceus V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Flygon V is a Basic V Dragon Pokémon with 220 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flygon (#330), generation 3 (Hoenn).

PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 131 other cards in the catalog.

Flygon (#330) has 27 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Flygon 25/40 in Nintendo Black Star Promos (2003). That card is named Flygon, while this one is Flygon V. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 220 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

The attack Sand Spray lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Fighting. Draconic Impulse is another attack lists 160+ damage. The cost is Grass, Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. If your opponent's Active Pokémon is a Pokémon VMAX, this attack does 160 more damage, and discard 3 Energy from this Pokémon. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Brilliant Stars, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Brilliant Stars set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Flygon can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.