Mantine SWSH026/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

Mantine is Pokédex #226, generation 2 (Johto). Mantine is a Basic Water Pokémon with 110 HP.

Mantine sits at SWSH026/307 in SWSH Black Star Promos, position 26 of 304. Before it is SWSH025 Garbodor, and after it is SWSH027 Noctowl. 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 Water Reserve lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Search your deck for up to 3 Water Energy cards, reveal them, and put them into your hand. Then, shuffle your deck. Wave Splash is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "If it builds up enough speed swimming, it can jump out above the waves and glide for over 300 feet." The regulation mark is D.

Mantine (#226) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Mantine 64/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Promo. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and 0313 illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Mantine list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 0313. I count 62 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. Mantine can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.