Tropius 5/101 · 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. Tropius is 5/101, in position 5 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Cradily, and after it is 6 Karrablast. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Tropius is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Tropius (#357), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Shigenori Negishi illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Tropius (#357) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2004 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tropius 27/101 in Hidden Legends (2004). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Shigenori Negishi illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Tropius list a different HP.

The attack Return lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. Energy Press is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Does 20 more damage for each Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It flies by flapping its broad leaves and gives the sweet, delicious fruit around its neck to children."

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. Tropius can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.