Absol 67/116 · 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. Absol is 67/116, in position 67 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 66 Weavile, and after it is 68 Sandile. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Absol is a Basic Team Plasma Darkness Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Absol (#359), generation 3 (Hoenn).

5ban Graphics illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,629 other cards in the catalog.

Absol (#359) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Absol 1/97 in Dragon (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and 5ban Graphics illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Absol list a different HP.

The attack Mind Jack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless. Does 20 more damage for each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. Fearsome Shadow is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Your opponent reveals his or her hand. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It appears from deep in the mountains to warn people about upcoming disasters it has sensed with its horn."

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. Absol can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.