Mesprit 34/146 · Legends Awakened

Legends Awakened is a set in the Diamond & Pearl series. It was released on August 1, 2008. The printed size is 146, and the checklist is the same length. Mesprit is 34/146, in position 34 of 146 on this checklist. Before it is 33 Lopunny, and after it is 35 Poliwrath. The listed rarity is Rare.

Mesprit is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 55. In the Pokédex this is Mesprit (#481), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

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

Mesprit (#481) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Mesprit 14/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Mesprit list a different HP.

Psychic Bind is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn, when you put Mesprit from your hand onto your Bench, you may use this power. Your opponent can't use any Poké-Powers on his or her Pokémon during your opponent's next turn. The attack Extrasensory lists 20+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic. If you have the same number of cards in your hand as your opponent, this attack does 20 damage plus 50 more damage. Weakness is Psychic +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Known as "The Being of Emotion." It taught humans the nobility of sorrow, pain, and joy."

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