Whirlipede 53/114 · Black & White

Whirlipede is Pokédex #544, generation 5 (Unova). Whirlipede is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Venipede. In this catalog that name is Venipede (#543). The card lists Scolipede, Scolipede (#545) under evolves to.

Whirlipede sits at 53/114 in Black & White, position 53 of 115. Before it is 52 Venipede, and after it is 54 Scolipede. 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 Poison Sting lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Rollout is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Protected by a hard shell, it spins its body like a wheel and crashes furiously into its enemies."

Whirlipede (#544) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Whirlipede 39/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 4 other cards of Whirlipede list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 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. Whirlipede can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.