AttackKnock Away
Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage.
Grotle 2/135 · Plasma Storm
Plasma Storm is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. Grotle is 2/135, in position 2 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 1 Turtwig, and after it is 3 Torterra. The listed rarity is Uncommon.
Grotle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grotle (#388), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Turtwig. In this catalog that name is Turtwig (#387). The card lists Torterra, Torterra (#389) under evolves to.
Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.
Grotle (#388) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Grotle 49/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grotle list a different HP.
The attack Knock Away lists 40+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It knows where pure water wells up. It carries fellow Pokémon there on its back."
I keep a set binder for Plasma Storm, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Storm set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Grotle can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.
Card facts
- Number
- 2/135
- Set
- Plasma Storm
- Series
- Black & White
- Released
- February 6, 2013
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1
- HP
- 100
- Type
- Grass
- Illustrator
- Sumiyoshi Kizuki
- Pokédex
- Grotle (#388)
- Evolves from
- Turtwig
- Evolves to
- Torterra
- Weakness
- Fire ×2
- Resistance
- Water -20
- Retreat
- 3
Attacks and card text
Flavor text
It knows where pure water wells up. It carries fellow Pokémon there on its back.
Binders this card belongs in
Other printings in the list
Next to it in the set
Questions about this card
Which set is Grotle from?
Plasma Storm, in the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135.
What is the collector number?
2/135. It is entry 2 of 138 in this checklist.
Who illustrated it?
Sumiyoshi Kizuki. The catalog lists 212 other cards with that illustrator.
What rarity is listed?
Uncommon.
What Pokédex number does the card use?
Grotle #388, generation 4 (Sinnoh).
Which attacks are printed?
Knock Away (40+).