Whirlipede 73/149 · Boundaries Crossed

Whirlipede is Pokédex #544, generation 5 (Unova). Whirlipede is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Venipede. In this catalog that name is Venipede (#543). The card lists Scolipede, Scolipede (#545) under evolves to.

Whirlipede sits at 73/149 in Boundaries Crossed, position 73 of 153. Before it is 72 Venipede, and after it is 74 Scolipede. 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 Uncommon.

Poison Point is listed as Ability. If this Pokémon is your Active Pokémon and is damaged by an opponent's attack (even if this Pokémon is Knocked Out), this Attacking Pokémon is now Poisoned. The attack Spinning Attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Storing energy for evolution, it sits. But, when predators approach, it moves to stab them with poison spikes."

Whirlipede (#544) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Whirlipede 53/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 5 other cards of Whirlipede list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 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. Whirlipede can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.