Tepig 25/113 · Legendary Treasures

Tepig is Pokédex #498, generation 5 (Unova). Tepig is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Pignite, Pignite (#499) under evolves to.

Tepig sits at 25/113 in Legendary Treasures, position 25 of 140. Before it is 24 Victini-EX, and after it is 26 Pignite. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 6, 2013. The printed size is 113. This checklist is longer, at 140 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Take Down lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. This Pokémon does 10 damage to itself. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It can deftly dodge its foe's attacks while shooting fireballs from its nose. It roasts berries before it eats them."

Tepig (#498) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tepig BW02/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kanako Eo illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Tepig list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kanako Eo. I count 99 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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