Simisear VSTAR 23/159 · Crown Zenith

Simisear is Pokédex #514, generation 5 (Unova). Simisear VSTAR is a VSTAR Fire Pokémon with 260 HP. The card says it evolves from Simisear V. In this catalog that name is Simisear (#514).

Simisear VSTAR sits at 23/159 in Crown Zenith, position 23 of 160. Before it is 22 Simisear V, and after it is 24 Larvesta. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 20 January 2023. The printed size is 159. This checklist is longer, at 160 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo VSTAR.

The attack Fireball Fever lists 40+ damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless, Colorless. You may discard up to 5 cards from the top of your deck. This attack does 40 more damage for each card you discarded in this way. Ember Star is another attack lists 30× damage. The cost is Fire. This attack does 30 damage for each Energy card in your discard pile. (You can't use more than 1 VSTAR Power in a game.) Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 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.

Simisear (#514) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisear 22/114 in Black & White (2011). That card is named Simisear, while this one is Simisear VSTAR. That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 260 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare Holo VSTAR. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Simisear list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads 5ban Graphics. I count 1,629 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Crown Zenith set binder is where a full Crown Zenith set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Simisear can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.