Luxray V 168/189 · 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. Luxray V is 168/189, in position 168 of 216 on this checklist. Before it is 167 Origin Forme Palkia V, and after it is 169 Hisuian Typhlosion V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Luxray V is a Basic V Lightning Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Luxray (#405), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

MUGENUP illustrated this card. The same name is on 13 other cards in the catalog.

Luxray (#405) has 26 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Luxray 7/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Luxray, while this one is Luxray V. That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Mikiko Takeda illustrated that card, and MUGENUP illustrated this one. 25 other cards of Luxray list a different HP.

The attack Fang Snipe lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent reveals their hand. Discard a Trainer card you find there. Radiating Pulse is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Lightning, Lightning, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. 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. Luxray can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.