Flygon 76/172 · 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 is 76/172, in position 76 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 75 Vibrava, and after it is 77 Wormadam. The listed rarity is Rare.

Flygon is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Flygon (#330), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Vibrava. In this catalog that name is Vibrava (#329).

Shin Nagasawa illustrated this card. The same name is on 303 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 lists 120 HP, and this one lists 150 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 21 other cards of Flygon list a different HP.

The attack Desert Pillar lists 50× damage. The cost is Fighting. This attack does 50 damage for each Colorless in your opponent's Active Pokémon's Retreat Cost. Blasting Wind is another attack lists 110 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon hides in the heart of sandstorms it creates and seldom appears where people can see it." 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.