Breloom 16/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Ruby & Sapphire is a set in the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. Breloom is 16/109, in position 16 of 109 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Blaziken, and after it is 17 Donphan. The listed rarity is Rare.

Breloom is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Breloom (#286), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Shroomish. In this catalog that name is Shroomish (#285).

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

Breloom (#286) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Breloom 33/100 in Sandstorm (2003). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Uncommon, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Breloom list a different HP.

The attack Headbutt lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Battle Blast is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Does 40 damage plus 10 more damage for each Fighting Energy attached to Breloom. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1.

I keep a set binder for Ruby & Sapphire, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Ruby & Sapphire set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Breloom can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.