Abra 49/82 · 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. Abra is 49/82, in position 49 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 48 Porygon, and after it is 50 Charmander. The listed rarity is Common.

Abra is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 14. In the Pokédex this is Abra (#063), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Kadabra, Kadabra (#064) under evolves to.

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Abra (#063) has 14 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Abra 43/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 30 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Abra list a different HP.

The attack Vanish lists no damage number. The cost is Psychic. Shuffle Abra into your deck. (Discard all cards attached to Abra.) Psyshock is another attack lists 10 damage. The cost is Psychic. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It teleports itself away from danger, making it difficult to capture."

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. Abra can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.