Floatzel 47/198 · Scarlet & Violet

Scarlet & Violet is a set in the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on 31 March 2023. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 258 cards. Floatzel is 47/198, in position 47 of 258 on this checklist. Before it is 46 Buizel, and after it is 48 Alomomola. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Floatzel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Floatzel (#419), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Buizel. In this catalog that name is Buizel (#418).

Gemi illustrated this card. The same name is on 19 other cards in the catalog.

Floatzel (#419) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Floatzel 26/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masahiko Ishii illustrated that card, and Gemi illustrated this one. 13 other cards of Floatzel list a different HP.

The attack Hydro Pump lists 50+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 20 more damage for each Water Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "With its flotation sac inflated, it can carry people on its back. It deflates the sac before it dives." The regulation mark is G.

I keep a set binder for Scarlet & Violet, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Scarlet & Violet set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Floatzel can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.