Cleffa 48/144 · Skyridge

Cleffa is Pokédex #173, generation 2 (Johto). Cleffa is a Baby Colorless Pokémon with 30 HP. The card lists Clefairy, Clefairy (#035) under evolves to.

Cleffa sits at 48/144 in Skyridge, position 48 of 182. Before it is 47 Buried Fossil, and after it is 49 Delibird. The set belongs to the E-Card series. It was released on May 12, 2003. The printed size is 144. This checklist is longer, at 182 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Energy Recycle lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Shuffle a basic Energy card from your discard pile into your deck. Retreat cost is 1. The card text says: If your Active Pokémon is a Baby Pokémon and your opponent announces an attack, your opponent flips a coin (before doing anything else). If tails, your opponent's turn ends.

Cleffa (#173) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2024. The earliest other card is Cleffa 31/53 in Wizards Black Star Promos (1999). Both list 30 HP. The rarity there is Promo, and here it is Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Miki Tanaka illustrated this one. 5 other cards of Cleffa list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Miki Tanaka. I count 192 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Skyridge set binder is where a full Skyridge set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Cleffa can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Baby Pokémon. I still need this card.