Koffing 58/82 · 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. Koffing is 58/82, in position 58 of 83 on this checklist. Before it is 57 Grimer, and after it is 59 Machop. The listed rarity is Common.

Koffing is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 12. In the Pokédex this is Koffing (#109), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Weezing, Weezing (#110) under evolves to.

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

Koffing (#109) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Koffing 51/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Koffing list a different HP.

The attack Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Colorless. Poison Gas is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "First discovered in a weapons factory, this Pokémon can now be found almost anywhere."

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