Honedge 105/163 · Battle Styles

Honedge is Pokédex #679, generation 6 (Kalos). Honedge is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Doublade, Doublade (#680) under evolves to.

Honedge sits at 105/163 in Battle Styles, position 105 of 183. Before it is 104 Bisharp, and after it is 106 Doublade. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 March 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Ambush lists 10+ damage. The cost is Metal. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 30 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The blue eye on the sword's handguard is the true body of Honedge. With its old cloth, it drains people's lives away." The regulation mark is E.

Honedge (#679) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2013 to 2026. The earliest other card is Honedge XY12/211 in XY Black Star Promos (2013). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and sowsow illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Honedge list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sowsow. I count 104 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Battle Styles set binder is where a full Battle Styles set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Honedge can fill a slot in Generation 6 binder (Kalos). Themed lists that include this exact card are sowsow cards. I still need this card.