Ferroseed 70/98 · Emerging Powers

Ferroseed is Pokédex #597, generation 5 (Unova). Ferroseed is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Ferrothorn, Ferrothorn (#598) under evolves to.

Ferroseed sits at 70/98 in Emerging Powers, position 70 of 98. Before it is 69 Mandibuzz, and after it is 71 Ferroseed. 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 Common.

The attack Pin Missile lists 10× damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless. Flip 4 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "They stick their spikes into cave walls and absorb the minerals they find in the rock."

Ferroseed (#597) has 11 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 Ferroseed 71/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. MAHOU illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Ferroseed list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 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. Ferroseed can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.