Braviary 130/162 · BREAKthrough

BREAKthrough is a set in the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. Braviary is 130/162, in position 130 of 165 on this checklist. Before it is 129 Rufflet, and after it is 131 Noibat. The listed rarity is Rare.

Braviary is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Braviary (#628), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Rufflet. In this catalog that name is Rufflet (#627).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Braviary (#628) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Braviary 88/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Braviary list a different HP.

The attack Wing Attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Dual Cut is another attack lists 80× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 80 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "They fight for their friends without any thought about danger to themselves. One can carry a car while flying."

I keep a set binder for BREAKthrough, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the BREAKthrough set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Braviary can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.