Tepig BW02/101 · BW Black Star Promos

Tepig is Pokédex #498, generation 5 (Unova). Tepig is a Basic Fire Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Pignite, Pignite (#499) under evolves to.

Tepig sits at BW02/101 in BW Black Star Promos, position 2 of 101. Before it is BW01 Snivy, and after it is BW03 Oshawott. The set belongs to the Black & White series. It was released on March 1, 2011. The printed size is 101, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Promo.

The attack Ember lists 30 damage. The cost is Fire, Colorless. Discard an Energy attached to this Pokémon. Weakness is Water ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It blows fire through its nose. When it catches a cold, the fire becomes pitch-black smoke instead."

Tepig (#498) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Tepig BW07/101 in BW Black Star Promos (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. Both list the rarity Promo. Shin Nagasawa illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 7 other cards of Tepig list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

BW Black Star Promos set binder is where a full BW Black Star Promos set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Tepig can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.