Blaziken V 161/198 · Chilling Reign

Chilling Reign is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 18 June 2021. The printed size is 198. This checklist is longer, at 233 cards. Blaziken V is 161/198, in position 161 of 233 on this checklist. Before it is 160 Celebi V, and after it is 162 Volcanion V. The listed rarity is Rare Ultra.

Blaziken V is a Basic V Rapid Strike Fire Pokémon with 210 HP. In the Pokédex this is Blaziken (#257), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this card. The same name is on 128 other cards in the catalog.

Blaziken (#257) has 31 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 21 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Blaziken 3/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card is named Blaziken, while this one is Blaziken V. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 210 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare Ultra. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Ayaka Yoshida illustrated this one. 28 other cards of Blaziken list a different HP.

The attack High Jump Kick lists 50 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Fire Spin is another attack lists 210 damage. The cost is Fire, Fire, Colorless, Colorless. Discard 2 Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The card text says: V rule: When your Pokémon V is Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards. The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Chilling Reign, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Chilling Reign set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Blaziken can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Hoenn starters and Rapid Strike. I still need this card.