Meowth V SWSH004/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

Meowth is Pokédex #052, generation 1 (Kanto). Meowth V is a Basic V Colorless Pokémon with 180 HP. The card lists Persian, Persian (#053) under evolves to.

Meowth V sits at SWSH004/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos, position 4 of 304. Before it is SWSH003 Sobble, and after it is SWSH005 Meowth VMAX. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 15, 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Pay Day lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. Slashing Claw is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is D.

Meowth (#052) has 65 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 53 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Meowth 56/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Meowth, while this one is Meowth V. That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 180 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and aky CG Works illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 65 other cards of Meowth list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads aky CG Works. I count 163 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

SWSH Black Star Promos set binder is where a full SWSH Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Meowth can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Meowth, Persian, and Perrserker. I still need this card.