Dark Vaporeon 45/82 · 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 Vaporeon is 45/82, in position 45 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 44 Dark Rapidash, and after it is 46 Dark Wartortle. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Dark Vaporeon is a Stage 1 Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 28. In the Pokédex this is Vaporeon (#134), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

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

Vaporeon (#134) has 36 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 27 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Vaporeon 12/64 in Jungle (1999). That card is named Vaporeon, while this one is Dark Vaporeon. That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Vaporeon list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 30 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Whirlpool is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has any Energy cards attached to it, choose 1 of them and discard it. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon capable of controlling water, so it is capable of creating giant whirlpools."

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. Vaporeon can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions, Mitsuhiro Arita cards, and Team Rocket cards. I still need this card.