Tropius 5/172 · 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. Tropius is 5/172, in position 5 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Breloom, and after it is 6 Turtwig. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Tropius is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tropius (#357), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 other cards in the catalog.

Tropius (#357) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tropius 27/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Tropius list a different HP.

Curative Bower is listed as Ability. All of your Pokémon that have Grass Energy attached can't be Confused, and if they are already Confused, they recover from that Special Condition. The attack Slicing Blade lists 100 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Bunches of delicious fruit grow around its neck. In warm areas, many ranches raise Tropius." 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. Tropius can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.