Tepig 15/114 · Black & White

Tepig is Pokédex #498, generation 5 (Unova). Tepig is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Pignite, Pignite (#499) under evolves to.

Tepig sits at 15/114 in Black & White, position 15 of 115. Before it is 14 Sawsbuck, and after it is 16 Tepig. 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 Tackle lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Rollout is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It can deftly dodge its foe's attacks while shooting fireballs from its nose. It roasts berries before it eats them."

Tepig (#498) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tepig BW02/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Tepig list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kouki Saitou. I count 652 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. Tepig can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.