Combee 79/130 · Diamond & Pearl

Diamond & Pearl is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2007. The printed size is 130, and the checklist is the same length. Combee is 79/130, in position 79 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 78 Cleffa, and after it is 80 Duskull. The listed rarity is Common.

Combee is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 8. In the Pokédex this is Combee (#415), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Vespiquen, Vespiquen (#416) under evolves to.

Ken Sugimori illustrated this card. The same name is on 1,112 other cards in the catalog.

Combee (#415) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2023. The earliest other card is Combee 59/100 in Majestic Dawn (2008). Both list 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 6 other cards of Combee list a different HP.

The attack Soliciting Nectar lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Switch 1 of your opponent's Benched Pokémon with 1 of the Defending Pokémon. The new Defending Pokémon is now Asleep. Gust is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Fighting -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon formed by three others. It busily carries sweet floral honey to VESPIQUEN."

I keep a set binder for Diamond & Pearl, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Diamond & Pearl set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Combee can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.