Vanillite 27/116 · 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. Vanillite is 27/116, in position 27 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Seismitoad, and after it is 28 Vanillish. The listed rarity is Common.

Vanillite is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vanillite (#582), generation 5 (Unova). The card lists Vanillish, Vanillish (#583) under evolves to.

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Vanillite (#582) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vanillite 27/101 in Noble Victories (2011). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Vanillite list a different HP.

The attack Jump On lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 more damage. Weakness is Metal ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Theoretically, this Pokémon formed from icicles bathed in energy from the morning sun. Their breath is -58° F."

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