AttackFury Attack
Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads.
Piplup 27/108 · Dark Explorers
Dark Explorers is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Piplup is 27/108, in position 27 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Kyogre-EX, and after it is 28 Prinplup. The listed rarity is Common.
Piplup is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Piplup (#393), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Prinplup, Prinplup (#394) under evolves to.
Kouki Saitou illustrated this card. The same name is on 652 other cards in the catalog.
Piplup (#393) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piplup 93/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kouki Saitou illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Piplup list a different HP.
The attack Fury Attack lists 10× damage. The cost is Water. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care."
I keep a set binder for Dark Explorers, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Dark Explorers set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Piplup can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 27/108
- Series
- Black & White
- Released
- May 9, 2012
- Rarity
- Common
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Basic
- HP
- 60
- Type
- Water
- Illustrator
- Kouki Saitou
- Pokédex
- Piplup (#393)
- Evolves to
- Prinplup
- Weakness
- Lightning ×2
- Retreat
- 1
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
A poor walker, it often falls down. However, its strong pride makes it puff up its chest without a care.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Piplup from?
Dark Explorers, in the Black & White series. It was released on May 9, 2012. The printed size is 108.
What is the collector number?
27/108. It is entry 27 of 111 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Kouki Saitou. The catalog lists 652 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Common.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Piplup #393, generation 4 (Sinnoh).
Which attacks are printed?
Fury Attack (10×).