Simisage 8/114 · Black & White

Simisage is Pokédex #512, generation 5 (Unova). Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Simisage sits at 8/114 in Black & White, position 8 of 115. Before it is 7 Pansage, and after it is 9 Petilil. 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 Seed Bomb lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. 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 Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It attacks enemies with strikes of its thorn-covered tail. This Pokémon is wild tempered."

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 2/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. match illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Simisage 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. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.