Clefairy 5/102 · Base

Base is a set in the Base series. It was released on January 9, 1999. The printed size is 102, and the checklist is the same length. Clefairy is 5/102, in position 5 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Charizard, and after it is 6 Gyarados. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Clefairy is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 14. In the Pokédex this is Clefairy (#035), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Clefable, Clefable (#036) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Clefairy (#035) has 37 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 30 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Clefairy 6/130 in Base Set 2 (2000). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. 35 other cards of Clefairy list a different HP.

The attack Sing lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Metronome is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy costs and anything else required in order to use that attack, such as discarding Energy cards. (No matter what type the Defending Pokémon is, Clefairy's type is still Colorless.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its magical and cute appeal has many admirers. It is rare and found only in certain areas."

I keep a set binder for Base, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Base set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Clefairy can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.