Primeape 27/106 · Great Encounters

Great Encounters is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on February 1, 2008. The printed size is 106, and the checklist is the same length. Primeape is 27/106, in position 27 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 26 Palkia, and after it is 28 Slowking. The listed rarity is Rare.

Primeape is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 41. In the Pokédex this is Primeape (#057), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Mankey. In this catalog that name is Mankey (#056).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Primeape (#057) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Primeape 43/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. 15 other cards of Primeape list a different HP.

Anger Point is listed as Poké-Body. If Primeape has any damage counters on it, Primeape's attacks do 40 more damage to the Active Pokémon (before applying Weakness and Resistance). The attack Whump lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Primeape is now Confused. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon can't attack during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Psychic +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It grows angry if you see its eyes and gets angrier if you run. If you beat it, it gets even madder."

I keep a set binder for Great Encounters, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Great Encounters set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Primeape can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.