Vespiquen 12/189 · Astral Radiance

Astral Radiance is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 27 May 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. Vespiquen is 12/189, in position 12 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 11 Combee, and after it is 13 Leafeon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Vespiquen is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vespiquen (#416), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Combee. In this catalog that name is Combee (#415).

Yuya Oka illustrated this card. The same name is on 37 other cards in the catalog.

Vespiquen (#416) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Vespiquen 39/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yuya Oka illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 1. 9 other cards of Vespiquen list a different HP.

The attack Honey Rush lists 60× damage. The cost is Grass. Reveal any number of Sweet Honey cards from your hand. This attack does 60 damage for each card you revealed in this way. Pierce is another attack lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It skillfully commands its grubs in battles with its enemies. The grubs are willing to risk their lives to defend Vespiquen." The regulation mark is F.

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