Piplup 71/100 · Majestic Dawn

Majestic Dawn is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on May 1, 2008. The printed size is 100, and the checklist is the same length. Piplup is 71/100, in position 71 of 100 on this checklist. Before it is 70 Pikachu, and after it is 72 Piplup. The listed rarity is Common.

Piplup is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 10. In the Pokédex this is Piplup (#393), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Prinplup, Prinplup (#394) under evolves to.

Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this card. The same name is on 74 other cards in the catalog.

Piplup (#393) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piplup 93/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kent Kanetsuna illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Piplup list a different HP.

The attack Water Splash lists 10+ damage. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Headbutt is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt."

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