Floatzel 39/172 · Brilliant Stars

Floatzel is Pokédex #419, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Floatzel is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Buizel. In this catalog that name is Buizel (#418).

Floatzel sits at 39/172 in Brilliant Stars, position 39 of 186. Before it is 38 Buizel, and after it is 40 Lumineon V. The set belongs to the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 25 February 2022. The printed size is 172. This checklist is longer, at 186 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Floatify lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Put up to 2 Item cards from your discard pile into your hand. Water Gun is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its flotation sac developed as a result of pursuing aquatic prey. It can double as a rubber raft." The regulation mark is F.

Floatzel (#419) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Floatzel 26/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masahiko Ishii illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 12 other cards of Floatzel list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kodama. I count 86 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Brilliant Stars set binder is where a full Brilliant Stars set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Floatzel can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.