Taillow 70/108 · Roaring Skies

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

Taillow sits at 70/108 in Roaring Skies, position 70 of 112. Before it is 69 Skarmory, and after it is 71 Swellow. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 6, 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Double Peck lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It dislikes cold seasons. They migrate to other lands in search of warmth, flying over 180 miles a day."

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 Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Taillow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Taillow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.