Koffing 57/135 · 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. Koffing is 57/135, in position 57 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 56 Koffing, and after it is 58 Weezing. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Koffing is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Koffing (#109), generation 1 (Kanto). The card lists Weezing, Weezing (#110) under evolves to.

match illustrated this card. The same name is on 143 other cards in the catalog.

Koffing (#109) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Koffing 51/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. 17 other cards of Koffing list a different HP.

The attack Smokescreen lists 20 damage. The cost is Psychic, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon tries to attack during your opponent's next turn, your opponent flips a coin. If tails, that attack does nothing. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Toxic gas is held within its thin, balloon-shaped body, so it can cause massive explosions."

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. Koffing can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.