Rowlet SV001/122 · Shining Fates Shiny Vault

Shining Fates Shiny Vault is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 February 2021. The printed size is 122, and the checklist is the same length. Rowlet is SV001/122, in position 1 of 122 on this checklist. The next card is SV002 Dartrix. The listed rarity is Rare Shiny.

Rowlet is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Rowlet (#722), generation 7 (Alola). The card lists Dartrix, Dartrix (#723) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Rowlet (#722) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rowlet 9/149 in Sun & Moon (2017). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Shiny. Megumi Mizutani illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Rowlet list a different HP.

Sky Circus is listed as Ability. If you played Bird Keeper from your hand during this turn, ignore all Energy in this Pokémon's attack costs. The attack Wind Shard lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. This attack does 60 damage to 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "At a distance, it launches its sharp feathers while flying about. If the enemy gets too close, Rowlet switches tactics and delivers vicious kicks." The regulation mark is D.

I keep a set binder for Shining Fates Shiny Vault, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Shining Fates Shiny Vault set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Rowlet can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Alola starters. I still need this card.