Ralts 52/98 · Ancient Origins

Ancient Origins is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. Ralts is 52/98, in position 52 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is 51 Registeel, and after it is 53 Kirlia. The listed rarity is Common.

Ralts is a Basic Fairy Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Ralts (#280), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Kirlia, Kirlia (#281) under evolves to.

Aya Kusube illustrated this card. The same name is on 127 other cards in the catalog.

Ralts (#280) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ralts 66/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Aya Kusube illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Ralts list a different HP.

The attack Mumble lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Magical Shot is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fairy, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is highly attuned to the emotions of people and Pokémon. It hides if it senses hostility."

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