Altaria 53/108 · Roaring Skies

Roaring Skies is a set in the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. Altaria is 53/108, in position 53 of 112 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Dragonite, and after it is 54 Bagon. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Altaria is a Stage 1 Dragon Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Altaria (#334), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Swablu. In this catalog that name is Swablu (#333).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Altaria (#334) has 38 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2024. The earliest other card is Altaria 2/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 30 other cards of Altaria list a different HP.

The attack Song of Echoes lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw a number of cards equal to the number of Benched Pokémon (both yours and your opponent's). Midnight Eyes is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Metal. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep. Weakness is Fairy ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "On sunny days, it flies freely through the sky and blends into the clouds. It sings in a beautiful soprano."

I keep a set binder for Roaring Skies, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Roaring Skies set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Altaria can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.