Serperior VSTAR 196/195 · Silver Tempest

Serperior is Pokédex #497, generation 5 (Unova). Serperior VSTAR is a VSTAR Grass Pokémon with 270 HP. The card says it evolves from Serperior V. In this catalog that name is Serperior (#497).

Serperior VSTAR sits at 196/195 in Silver Tempest, position 196 of 215. Before it is 195 Worker, and after it is 197 Alolan Vulpix VSTAR. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 11 November 2022. The printed size is 195. This checklist is longer, at 215 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 195. The listed rarity is Rare Rainbow.

The attack Regal Blender lists 190 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. You may move any amount of Energy from your Pokémon to your other Pokémon in any way you like. Star Winder is another attack lists 60× damage. The cost is Grass. This attack does 60 damage for each Energy attached to this Pokémon. Switch this Pokémon with 1 of your Benched Pokémon. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.) Weakness is Fire ×2. The card text says: VSTAR rule: When your Pokémon VSTAR is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is F.

Serperior (#497) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Serperior BW20/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card is named Serperior, while this one is Serperior VSTAR. That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 270 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Rainbow. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and PLANETA Mochizuki illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Serperior list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads PLANETA Mochizuki. I count 131 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Silver Tempest set binder is where a full Silver Tempest set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Serperior can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Unova starters. I still need this card.