Vanilluxe 29/101 · Noble Victories

Noble Victories is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on November 16, 2011. The printed size is 101. This checklist is longer, at 102 cards. Vanilluxe is 29/101, in position 29 of 102 on this checklist. Before it is 28 Vanillish, and after it is 30 Frillish. The listed rarity is Rare.

Vanilluxe is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vanilluxe (#584), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Vanillish. In this catalog that name is Vanillish (#583).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Vanilluxe (#584) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2012 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vanilluxe 33/99 in Next Destinies (2012). Both list 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Akira Komayama illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Vanilluxe list a different HP.

The attack Double Freeze lists 40× damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. If either of them is heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Frost Breath is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "If both heads get angry simultaneously, this Pokémon expels a blizzard, burying everything in snow."

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