Eiscue SWSH128/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

SWSH Black Star Promos is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 15, 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. Eiscue is SWSH128/307, in position 128 of 304 on this checklist. Before it is SWSH127 Eevee, and after it is SWSH129 Umbreon. The listed rarity is Promo.

Eiscue is a Basic Water Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Eiscue (#875), generation 8 (Galar).

kirisAki illustrated this card. The same name is on 189 other cards in the catalog.

Eiscue (#875) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2020 to 2025. The earliest other card is Eiscue 54/192 in Rebel Clash (2020). Both list 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Promo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and kirisAki illustrated this one. The regulation mark there is D, and here it is E. 8 other cards of Eiscue list a different HP.

The attack Ice Bonus lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Discard a Water Energy card from your hand. If you do, draw 3 cards. Headbutt Bounce is another attack lists 100 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This Pokémon keeps its heat-sensitive head cool with ice. It fishes for its food, dangling its single hair into the sea to lure in prey." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for SWSH Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SWSH Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Eiscue can fill a slot in Generation 8 binder (Galar). I still need this card.