AttackAgility
Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon.
Buizel 38/172 · 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. Buizel is 38/172, in position 38 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 37 Empoleon, and after it is 39 Floatzel. The listed rarity is Common.
Buizel is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Buizel (#418), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Floatzel, Floatzel (#419) under evolves to.
Tika Matsuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 48 other cards in the catalog.
Buizel (#418) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Buizel 72/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tika Matsuno illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Buizel list a different HP.
The attack Agility lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, during your opponent's next turn, prevent all damage from and effects of attacks done to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It inflates the flotation sac around its neck and pokes its head out of the water to see what is going on." 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. Buizel can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 38/172
- Series
- Sword & Shield
- Released
- February 25, 2022
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Tika Matsuno
- Pokédex
- Buizel (#418)
- Evolves to
- Floatzel
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat
- 1
- Regulation mark
- F
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It inflates the flotation sac around its neck and pokes its head out of the water to see what is going on.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Buizel from?
Brilliant Stars, in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on February 25, 2022. The printed size is 172.
What is the collector number?
38/172. It is entry 38 of 186 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Tika Matsuno. The catalog lists 48 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Buizel #418, generation 4 (Sinnoh).
What regulation mark is printed?
F.
Which attacks are printed?
Agility (20).