Carnivine 5/108 · 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. Carnivine is 5/108, in position 5 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Scyther, and after it is 6 Leafeon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Carnivine is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Carnivine (#455), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Yukiko Baba illustrated this card. The same name is on 151 other cards in the catalog.

Carnivine (#455) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Carnivine 21/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Carnivine list a different HP.

The attack Lure Poison lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Switch the Defending Pokémon with 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. The new Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Spit Squall is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Your opponent puts the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it into his or her hand. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It binds itself to trees on marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down."

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. Carnivine can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.