Rampardos 77/189 · Astral Radiance

Rampardos is Pokédex #409, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Rampardos is a Stage 2 Fighting Pokémon with 170 HP. The card says it evolves from Cranidos. In this catalog that name is Cranidos (#408).

Rampardos sits at 77/189 in Astral Radiance, position 77 of 216. Before it is 76 Cranidos, and after it is 78 Lucario V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 27 May 2022. The printed size is 189. This checklist is longer, at 216 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

The attack Headbutt Bounce lists 60 damage. The cost is Fighting. Jurassic Hammer is another attack lists 240 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. If your opponent has 3 or fewer cards in their hand, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "This ancient Pokémon used headbutts skillfully. Its brain was really small, so some theories suggest that its stupidity led to its extinction." The regulation mark is F.

Rampardos (#409) has 7 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rampardos 33/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 120 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Kazuyuki Kano illustrated that card, and Nisota Niso illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 7 other cards of Rampardos list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Nisota Niso. I count 39 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Astral Radiance set binder is where a full Astral Radiance set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rampardos can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.