Virizion-EX 9/101 · 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. Virizion-EX is 9/101, in position 9 of 105 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Accelgor, and after it is 10 Genesect. The listed rarity is Rare Holo EX.

Virizion-EX is a Basic EX Grass Pokémon with 170 HP. In the Pokédex this is Virizion (#640), generation 5 (Unova).

Ryo Ueda illustrated this card. The same name is on 462 other cards in the catalog.

Virizion (#640) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Virizion BW70/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card is named Virizion, while this one is Virizion-EX. That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 170 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Rare Holo EX. 5ban Graphics illustrated that card, and Ryo Ueda illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Virizion list a different HP.

Verdant Wind is listed as Ability. Each of your Pokémon that has any Grass Energy attached to it can't be affected by any Special Conditions. (Remove any Special Conditions affecting those Pokémon.) The attack Emerald Slash lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. You may search your deck for 2 Grass Energy cards and attach them to 1 of your Benched Pokémon. Shuffle your deck afterward. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: Pokémon-EX rule: When a Pokémon-EX has been Knocked Out, your opponent takes 2 Prize cards.

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. Virizion can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Swords of Justice. I still need this card.