Basculin 24/98 · Emerging Powers

Emerging Powers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. Basculin is 24/98, in position 24 of 98 on this checklist. Before it is 23 Simipour, and after it is 25 Basculin. The listed rarity is Common.

Basculin is a Basic Water Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Basculin (#550), generation 5 (Unova).

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Basculin (#550) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Basculin 35/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Basculin list a different HP.

The attack Flail lists 10× damage. The cost is Colorless. Does 10 damage times the number of damage counters on this Pokémon. Final Gambit is another attack lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. If both of them are tails, this Pokémon does 80 damage to itself. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Red and blue Basculin get along so poorly, they'll start fighting instantly. These Pokémon are very hostile."

I keep a set binder for Emerging Powers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Emerging Powers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Basculin can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.