Tapu Bulu 16/163 · Battle Styles

Battle Styles is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 19 March 2021. The printed size is 163. This checklist is longer, at 183 cards. Tapu Bulu is 16/163, in position 16 of 183 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Lurantis, and after it is 17 Blipbug. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Tapu Bulu is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tapu Bulu (#787), generation 7 (Alola).

Ryota Murayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 55 other cards in the catalog.

Tapu Bulu (#787) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 5 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2017 to 2024. The earliest other card is Tapu Bulu-GX SM32/248 in SM Black Star Promos (2017). That card is named Tapu Bulu-GX, while this one is Tapu Bulu. That card lists 180 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo. PLANETA illustrated that card, and Ryota Murayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 6 other cards of Tapu Bulu list a different HP.

The attack Push Down lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass. Your opponent switches their Active Pokémon with 1 of their Benched Pokémon. Nature's Judgment is another attack lists 80+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. You may discard all Energy from this Pokémon. If you do, this attack does 80 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Although it's called a guardian deity, it's violent enough to crush anyone it sees as an enemy." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Battle Styles, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Battle Styles set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tapu Bulu can fill a slot in Generation 7 binder (Alola). Themed lists that include this exact card are Island guardians. I still need this card.