Sunflora SWSH269/307 · SWSH Black Star Promos

SWSH Black Star Promos is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on 15 November 2019. The printed size is 307. This checklist is longer, at 304 cards. Sunflora is SWSH269/307, in position 269 of 304 on this checklist. Before it is SWSH268 Deoxys VSTAR, and after it is SWSH270 Rapidash. The listed rarity is Promo.

Sunflora is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sunflora (#192), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Sunkern. In this catalog that name is Sunkern (#191).

Shigenori Negishi illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Sunflora (#192) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Sunflora 50/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 8 other cards of Sunflora list a different HP.

The attack Bright Beam lists 10+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. You may discard up to 3 Energy cards from your hand. This attack does 70 more damage for each card you discarded in this way. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It gets energy from warm sunlight and is known for its habit of moving in pursuit of it." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for SWSH Black Star Promos, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the SWSH Black Star Promos set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sunflora can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.