Tepig 24/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Tepig is Pokédex #498, generation 5 (Unova). Tepig is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Pignite, Pignite (#499) under evolves to.

Tepig sits at 24/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 24 of 153. Before it is 23 Victini, and after it is 25 Pignite. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on November 7, 2012. The printed size is 149. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Flare lists 10 damage. The cost is Fire. Rollout is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It blows fire through its nose. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes pitch-black smoke instead."

Tepig (#498) has 13 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 Tepig BW02/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Shin Nagasawa illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 11 other cards of Tepig list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Shin Nagasawa. I count 303 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Boundaries Crossed set binder is where a full Boundaries Crossed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tepig can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.