Piplup RC6/113 · Legendary Treasures

Piplup is Pokédex #393, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Piplup is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Prinplup, Prinplup (#394) under evolves to.

Piplup sits at RC6/113 in Legendary Treasures, position 121 of 140. Before it is RC5 Torchic, and after it is RC7 Pikachu. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Charm lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, any damage done by attacks from the Defending Pokémon is reduced by 20 (before applying Weakness and Resistance). Peck is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care."

Piplup (#393) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piplup 93/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and sui illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Piplup list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads sui. I count 194 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. Piplup can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.