Taillow 102/146 · XY

XY is a set in the XY series. It was released on February 5, 2014. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Taillow is 102/146, in position 102 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 101 Dunsparce, and after it is 103 Swellow. The listed rarity is Common.

Taillow is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Taillow (#276), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Swellow, Swellow (#277) under evolves to.

sui illustrated this card. The same name is on 194 other cards in the catalog.

Taillow (#276) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Taillow 72/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Taillow list a different HP.

The attack Aerial Ace lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a gutsy spirit that makes it bravely take on tough foes. It flies in search of warm climates."

I keep a set binder for XY, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the XY set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Taillow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.