Primeape 60/116 · Plasma Freeze

Primeape is Pokédex #057, generation 1 (Kanto). Primeape is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card says it evolves from Mankey. In this catalog that name is Mankey (#056).

Primeape sits at 60/116 in Plasma Freeze, position 60 of 122. Before it is 59 Mankey, and after it is 61 Onix. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on May 8, 2013. The printed size is 116. This checklist is longer, at 122 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Fury Swipes lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 30 damage times the number of heads. Karate Chop is another attack lists 80- damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting. Does 80 damage minus 10 damage for each damage counter on this Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It grows angry if you see its eyes and gets angrier if you run. If you beat it, it gets even madder."

Primeape (#057) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Primeape 43/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Primeape list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Plasma Freeze set binder is where a full Plasma Freeze set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Primeape can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.