Castform

Castform in the anime: weather on demand

Castform debuted in "Unfair Weather Friends" with a Trainer named Bart, and it cycled through every one of its forms before the episode ended. In Alola, an Ally Castform backed up a Totem Lurantis against Ash during the Lush Jungle trial in "Currying Favor and Flavor!," shifting into its Sunny Form before a Tackle from Rowlet finished it.

Castform on cards: all four forms, four times over

Castform's cards have followed its gimmick closely. Hidden Legends (2004) printed Rain Castform, Snow-cloud Castform, Sunny Castform and a plain Castform as four separate cards, all by Sumiyoshi Kizuki, and Delta Species (2005) did the same with art by Miki Tanaka. Legends Awakened (2008) repeated the full set of four with a different artist on each form, and Chilling Reign (2021) did it again as Commons.

Between those, Holon Phantoms (2006) printed Holon's Castform by Mitsuhiro Arita, and Lost Origin gave the plain form a Trainer Gallery card in 2022. Surging Sparks (2024) singled out the Sunny Form, printing it as a Common and as an Illustration Rare by Narano numbered above the set's 191 cards.

Cards to know

• Rain Castform (Hidden Legends #23)

  Part of the first four-form Castform run, illustrated by Sumiyoshi Kizuki.

• Castform (Hidden Legends #30)

  The Normal form card that completes Hidden Legends' four-card Castform set.

• Sunny Castform (Delta Species #31)

  From the second four-form Castform run, illustrated by Miki Tanaka.

• Holon's Castform (Holon Phantoms #44)

  A Holon-themed Castform illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita.

• Castform Sunny Form (Surging Sparks #195)

  An Illustration Rare of the Sunny Form, illustrated by Narano.