Lotad 29/135 · Plasma Storm

Lotad is Pokédex #270, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lotad is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Lombre, Lombre (#271) under evolves to.

Lotad sits at 29/135 in Plasma Storm, position 29 of 138. Before it is 28 Mamoswine, and after it is 30 Lombre. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on February 6, 2013. The printed size is 135. This checklist is longer, at 138 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Bubble Beam lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It looks like an aquatic plant and serves as a ferry to Pokémon that can't swim."

Lotad (#270) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Lotad 66/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Lotad list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Storm set binder is where a full Plasma Storm set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lotad can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.