Dark Vileplume 30/82 · Team Rocket

Team Rocket is a set in the Base series. It was released on April 24, 2000. The printed size is 82. This checklist is longer, at 83 cards. Dark Vileplume is 30/82, in position 30 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 29 Dark Slowbro, and after it is 31 Dark Weezing. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

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. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

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 Fighting ×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."

I keep a set binder for Team Rocket, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Team Rocket set binder. 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.