Foongus 8/99 · Next Destinies

Next Destinies is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 8, 2012. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 103 cards. Foongus is 8/99, in position 8 of 103 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Simisage, and after it is 9 Amoonguss. The listed rarity is Common.

Foongus is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Foongus (#590), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Amoonguss, Amoonguss (#591) under evolves to.

Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this card. The same name is on 471 other cards in the catalog.

Foongus (#590) 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 Foongus 9/101 in Noble Victories (2011). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. match illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Foongus list a different HP.

The attack Find a Friend lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, search your deck for a Pokémon, reveal it, and put it into your hand. Shuffle your deck afterward. Rising Lunge is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lures people in with its Poké Ball pattern, then releases poison spores. Why it resembles a Poké Ball is unknown."

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