Mienshao 53/86 · White Flare

White Flare is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 18 July 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. Mienshao is 53/86, in position 53 of 173 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Mienfoo, and after it is 54 Terrakion. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Mienshao is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Mienshao (#620), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Mienfoo. In this catalog that name is Mienfoo (#619).

Keisin illustrated this card. The same name is on 6 other cards in the catalog.

Mienshao (#620) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Mienshao 70/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Keisin illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Mienshao list a different HP.

The attack Low Sweep lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting. Smash Uppercut is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It wields the fur on its arms like a whip. Its arm attacks come with such rapidity that they cannot even be seen." The regulation mark is I.

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