Gothorita 45/98 · Emerging Powers

Gothorita is Pokédex #575, generation 5 (Unova). Gothorita is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. The card says it evolves from Gothita. In this catalog that name is Gothita (#574). The card lists Gothitelle, Gothitelle (#576) under evolves to.

Gothorita sits at 45/98 in Emerging Powers, position 45 of 98. Before it is 44 Gothita, and after it is 46 Gothorita. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on August 31, 2011. The printed size is 98, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Double Slap lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Psybeam is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "They use hypnosis to control people and Pokémon. Tales of Gothorita leading people astray are told in every corner."

Gothorita (#575) has 11 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 Gothorita 46/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). Both list 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Naoki Saito illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Gothorita list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Emerging Powers set binder is where a full Emerging Powers set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gothorita can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). Themed lists that include this exact card are Atsuko Nishida cards, later series. I still need this card.