Archen 53/101 · Plasma Blast

Archen is Pokédex #566, generation 5 (Unova). Archen is a Restored Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card says it evolves from Plume Fossil. The card lists Archeops, Archeops (#567) under evolves to.

Archen sits at 53/101 in Plasma Blast, position 53 of 105. Before it is 52 Sawk, and after it is 54 Archeops. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 14, 2013. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 105 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

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 Wing Attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Grass ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Put this card onto your Bench only with the effect of Plume Fossil The flavor text reads "It was revived from an ancient fossil. Not able to fly, it lived in treetops and hopped from one branch to another."

Archen (#566) 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 Archen 66/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mizue illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Archen list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mizue. I count 184 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Blast set binder is where a full Plasma Blast set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Archen can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.