Weavile 87/172 · 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. Weavile is 87/172, in position 87 of 186 on this checklist. Before it is 86 Sneasel, and after it is 88 Honchkrow V. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Weavile is a Stage 1 Darkness Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Weavile (#461), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Sneasel. In this catalog that name is Sneasel (#215).

Hasuno illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Weavile (#461) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Weavile 40/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Hasuno illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Weavile list a different HP.

The attack Ransack lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip 2 coins. If either of them is heads, your opponent reveals their hand. For each heads, choose a card you find there and put it on the bottom of your opponent's deck in any order. Slash is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They attack their quarry in packs. Prey as large as Mamoswine easily fall to the teamwork of a group of Weavile." 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. Weavile can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.