Honedge 47/131 · Forbidden Light

Forbidden Light is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on 4 May 2018. The printed size is 131. This checklist is longer, at 150 cards. Honedge is 47/131, in position 48 of 150 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Honedge, and after it is 48 Doublade. The listed rarity is Common.

Honedge is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Honedge (#679), generation 6 (Kalos). The card lists Doublade, Doublade (#680) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Honedge (#679) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honedge XY12/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Honedge list a different HP.

The attack Metal Sound lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Darkness ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If anyone dares to grab its hilt, it wraps a blue cloth around that person's arm and drains that person's life energy completely."

I keep a set binder for Forbidden Light, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Forbidden Light set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honedge can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). I still need this card.