Togepi 30/53 · Wizards Black Star Promos

Togepi is Pokédex #175, generation 2 (Johto). Togepi is a Basic Colorless Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists level 8. The card lists Togetic, Togetic (#176) under evolves to.

Togepi sits at 30/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos, position 30 of 53. Before it is 29 Marill, and after it is 31 Cleffa. The set belongs to the Base series. It was released on July 1, 1999. The printed size is 53, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Snivel lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon attacks Togepi during your opponent's next turn, any damage done to Togepi is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). (Benching either Pokémon ends this effect.) Mini-Metronome is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 of the Defending Pokémon's attacks. Mini-Metronome copies that attack except for its Energy cost. (You must still do anything else in order to use that attack.) (No matter what type the Defending Pokémon is, Togepi's type is still Colorless.) Togepi performs that attack. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Still only a hatchling, it uses poison to chase off its enemies when threatened."

Togepi (#175) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Togepi 51/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 30 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Promo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Togepi list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Wizards Black Star Promos set binder is where a full Wizards Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Togepi can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.