Kirlia 53/98 · Ancient Origins

Kirlia is Pokédex #281, generation 3 (Hoenn). Kirlia is a Stage 1 Fairy Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Ralts. In this catalog that name is Ralts (#280). The card lists Gardevoir, Gardevoir (#282) and Gallade, Gallade (#475) under evolves to.

Kirlia sits at 53/98 in Ancient Origins, position 53 of 101. Before it is 52 Ralts, and after it is 54 Gardevoir. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Calm Mind lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Magical Shot is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Fairy, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a psychic power that enables it to distort the space around it and see into the future."

Kirlia (#281) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Kirlia 34/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Kirlia list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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