Deerling 13/114 · Black & White

Deerling is Pokédex #585, generation 5 (Unova). Deerling is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Sawsbuck, Sawsbuck (#586) under evolves to.

Deerling sits at 13/114 in Black & White, position 13 of 115. Before it is 12 Maractus, and after it is 14 Sawsbuck. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on April 25, 2011. The printed size is 114. This checklist is longer, at 115 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Double Kick lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Leech Seed is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "The color and scent of their fur changes to match the mountain grass. When they sense hostility, they hide in the grass."

Deerling (#585) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Deerling 15/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. sui illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Deerling list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Black & White set binder is where a full Black & White set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Deerling can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.