Purugly 50/106 · 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. Purugly is 50/106, in position 50 of 106 on this checklist. Before it is 49 Porygon2, and after it is 51 Relicanth. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Purugly is a Stage 1 Colorless Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 47. In the Pokédex this is Purugly (#432), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Glameow. In this catalog that name is Glameow (#431).

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

Purugly (#432) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 8 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Purugly 36/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 6 other cards of Purugly list a different HP.

The attack Swagger lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Fury Swipes is another attack lists 40× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 3 coins. This attack does 40 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fighting +20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It is a brazen brute that barges its way into another Pokémon's nest and claims it as its own."

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. Purugly can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.