Grovyle 7/116 · 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. Grovyle is 7/116, in position 7 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 6 Treecko, and after it is 8 Sceptile. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Grovyle is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Grovyle (#253), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Treecko. In this catalog that name is Treecko (#252). The card lists Sceptile, Sceptile (#254) under evolves to.

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

Grovyle (#253) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 12 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2018. The earliest other card is Grovyle 31/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Grovyle list a different HP.

The attack Pound lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless. Cut is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives in dense jungles. While closing in on its prey, it leaps from branch to branch."

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