Simisear 22/114 · Black & White

Simisear is Pokédex #514, generation 5 (Unova). Simisear is a Stage 1 Fire Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Pansear. In this catalog that name is Pansear (#513).

Simisear sits at 22/114 in Black & White, position 22 of 115. Before it is 21 Pansear, and after it is 23 Darumaka. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Flame Burst lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire. Does 20 damage to 2 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Fury Swipes is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It loves sweets because they become energy for the fire burning inside its body."

Simisear (#514) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisear 19/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Simisear list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 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. Simisear can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.