Cacnea 9/116 · 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. Cacnea is 9/116, in position 9 of 122 on this checklist. Before it is 8 Sceptile, and after it is 10 Cacturne. The listed rarity is Common.

Cacnea is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Cacnea (#331), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Cacturne, Cacturne (#332) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Cacnea (#331) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Cacnea 57/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Cacnea list a different HP.

The attack Poison Sting lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "By storing water in its body, this desert dweller can survive for 30 days without water."

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