Weezing 45/62 · Fossil

Fossil is a set in the Base series. It was released on October 10, 1999. The printed size is 62, and the checklist is the same length. Weezing is 45/62, in position 45 of 62 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Tentacruel, and after it is 46 Ekans. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Weezing is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 27. In the Pokédex this is Weezing (#110), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Koffing. In this catalog that name is Koffing (#109).

Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this card. The same name is on 721 other cards in the catalog.

Weezing (#110) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2025. The earliest other card is Dark Weezing 14/82 in Team Rocket (2000). That card is named Dark Weezing, while this one is Weezing. Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Shin-ichi Yoshida illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 26 other cards of Weezing list a different HP.

The attack Smog lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Selfdestruct is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Does 10 damage to each Pokémon on each player's Bench. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weezing does 60 damage to itself. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Where two kinds of poison gases meet, two Koffings can fuse into a Weezing over many years."

I keep a set binder for Fossil, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fossil set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Weezing can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.