Taillow 70/108 · Roaring Skies

Taillow is Pokédex #276, generation 3 (Hoenn). Taillow is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Swellow, Swellow (#277) under evolves to.

Taillow sits at 70/108 in Roaring Skies, position 70 of 112. Before it is 69 Skarmory, and after it is 71 Swellow. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on 6 May 2015. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 112 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Double Peck lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It dislikes cold seasons. They migrate to other lands in search of warmth, flying over 180 miles a day."

Taillow (#276) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Taillow 72/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Taillow list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Roaring Skies set binder is where a full Roaring Skies set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Taillow can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.