Dark Vileplume 13/82 · Team Rocket

Vileplume is Pokédex #045, generation 1 (Kanto). Dark Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 29. The card says it evolves from Dark Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Dark Vileplume sits at 13/82 in Team Rocket, position 13 of 83. Before it is 12 Dark Slowbro, and after it is 14 Dark Weezing. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Hay Fever is listed as Pokémon Power. No Trainer cards can be played. This power stops working while Dark Vileplume is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed. The attack Petal Whirlwind lists 30× damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Grass. Flip a coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. If you get 2 or more heads, Dark Vileplume is now Confused (after doing damage). Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Perhaps because of their strong-smelling pollen, other Pokémon do not approach areas where Vileplumes live."

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vileplume 15/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Vileplume, while this one is Dark Vileplume. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Team Rocket set binder is where a full Team Rocket set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.