Rufflet 154/86 · Black Bolt

Black Bolt is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 171 cards. Rufflet is 154/86, in position 153 of 171 on this checklist. Before it is 153 Cinccino, and after it is 155 Braviary. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

Rufflet is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rufflet (#627), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Braviary, Braviary (#628) under evolves to.

Miki Tanaka illustrated this card. The same name is on 192 other cards in the catalog.

Rufflet (#627) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rufflet 86/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Rufflet list a different HP.

The attack Peck lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Glide is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They crush berries with their talons. They bravely stand up to any opponent, no matter how strong it is." The regulation mark is I.

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