Empoleon 37/172 · Brilliant Stars

Empoleon is Pokédex #395, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Empoleon is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Prinplup. In this catalog that name is Prinplup (#394).

Empoleon sits at 37/172 in Brilliant Stars, position 37 of 186. Before it is 36 Prinplup, and after it is 38 Buizel. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Emergency Surfacing is listed as Ability. Once during your turn, if this Pokémon is in your discard pile and you have no cards in your hand, you may put this Pokémon onto your Bench. If you do, draw 3 cards. The attack Water Arrow lists no damage number. The cost is Water. This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The three horns that extend from its beak attest to its power. The leader has the biggest horns." The regulation mark is F.

Empoleon (#395) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Empoleon 4/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Empoleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Brilliant Stars set binder is where a full Brilliant Stars set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Empoleon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.