Shinx 49/172 · 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. Shinx is 49/172, in position 49 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Raikou V, and after it is 50 Luxio. The listed rarity is Common.

Shinx is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Shinx (#403), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Luxio, Luxio (#404) under evolves to.

Mizue illustrated this card. The same name is on 184 other cards in the catalog.

Shinx (#403) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Shinx 98/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Mizue illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Shinx list a different HP.

The attack Gnaw lists 10 damage. The cost is Lightning. Weakness is Fighting ×2. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon generates electricity by contracting its muscles. Excited trembling is a sign that Shinx is generating a tremendous amount of electricity." 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. Shinx can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.