Drifloon 46/114 · Steam Siege

Steam Siege is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 3, 2016. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 116 cards. Drifloon is 46/114, in position 46 of 116 on this checklist. Before it is 45 Nidoking, and after it is 47 Drifblim. The listed rarity is Common.

Drifloon is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Drifloon (#425), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Drifblim, Drifblim (#426) under evolves to.

kodama illustrated this card. The same name is on 86 other cards in the catalog.

Drifloon (#425) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Drifloon 46/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Drifloon list a different HP.

The attack Transfer Pain lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Move 1 damage counter from 1 of your Pokémon to 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "These Pokémon are called the "Signpost for Wandering Spirits." Children holding them sometimes vanish."

I keep a set binder for Steam Siege, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Steam Siege set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Drifloon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.