Starmie 30/162 · BREAKthrough

Starmie is Pokédex #121, generation 1 (Kanto). Starmie is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Staryu. In this catalog that name is Staryu (#120).

Starmie sits at 30/162 in BREAKthrough, position 30 of 165. Before it is 29 Staryu, and after it is 31 Remoraid. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on November 4, 2015. The printed size is 162. This checklist is longer, at 165 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Deep Sea Swirl lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Shuffle your hand into your deck. Then, draw 7 cards. Balance Bind is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. If you and your opponent have the same number of Benched Pokémon, your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "At the center of its body is a red core, which sends mysterious radio signals into the night sky."

Starmie (#121) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Starmie 64/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Starmie list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BREAKthrough set binder is where a full BREAKthrough set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Starmie can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.