Cacturne 10/116 · Plasma Freeze

Plasma Freeze is a set in the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. Cacturne is 10/116, in position 10 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 9 Cacnea, and after it is 11 Leafeon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Cacturne is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 90 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cacturne (#332), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Cacnea. In this catalog that name is Cacnea (#331).

Suwama Chiaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 102 other cards in the catalog.

Cacturne (#332) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacturne 2/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Cacturne list a different HP.

The attack Rapid-Fire Needles lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass. Does 30 damage to 1 of your Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Payback is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. If your opponent has only 1 Prize card left, this attack does 60 more damage and discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It becomes active at night, seeking prey that is exhausted from the day's desert heat."

I keep a set binder for Plasma Freeze, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Plasma Freeze set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cacturne can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.