Purrloin 82/135 · 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. Purrloin is 82/135, in position 82 of 138 on this checklist. Before it is 81 Conkeldurr, and after it is 83 Purrloin. The listed rarity is Common.

Purrloin is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Purrloin (#509), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Liepard, Liepard (#510) under evolves to.

MAHOU illustrated this card. The same name is on 122 other cards in the catalog.

Purrloin (#509) has 18 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Purrloin 66/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and MAHOU illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Purrloin list a different HP.

The attack Tail Trickery lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Fury Swipes is another attack lists 10× damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 10 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its cute act is a ruse. When victims let down their guard, they find their items taken. It attacks with sharp claws."

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. Purrloin can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.