Tirtouga 27/101 · Plasma Blast

Plasma Blast is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. Tirtouga is 27/101, in position 27 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Abomasnow, and after it is 28 Carracosta. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Tirtouga is a Restored Water Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tirtouga (#564), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Cover Fossil. The card lists Carracosta, Carracosta (#565) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Tirtouga (#564) has 5 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 4 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Tirtouga 25/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Tirtouga list a different HP.

Prehistoric Call is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), if this Pokémon is in your discard pile, you may put this Pokémon on the bottom of your deck. The attack Slam lists 30× damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The card text says: Put this card onto your Bench only with the effect of Cover Fossil The flavor text reads "This Pokémon was restored from a fossil. It swam skillfully and dove to depths beyond half a mile."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Blast, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Blast set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tirtouga can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Fossil Pokémon. I still need this card.