Starmie δ 30/113 · Delta Species

Starmie is Pokédex #121, generation 1 (Kanto). Starmie δ is a Stage 1 Water Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Staryu. In this catalog that name is Staryu (#120).

Starmie δ sits at 30/113 in Delta Species, position 30 of 114. Before it is 29 Snow-cloud Castform, and after it is 31 Sunny Castform. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on 31 October 2005. The printed size is 113. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Surf lists 20 damage. The cost is Water. Swift is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Weakness, Resistance, Poké-Powers, Poké-Bodies, or any other effects on the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: This Pokémon is both Water Metal type.

Starmie (#121) has 34 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 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 is named Starmie, while this one is Starmie δ. That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 31 other cards of Starmie list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Delta Species set binder is where a full Delta Species 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 Delta Species cards. I still need this card.