Poochyena 64/109 · Ruby & Sapphire

Poochyena is Pokédex #261, generation 3 (Hoenn). Poochyena is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Mightyena, Mightyena (#262) under evolves to.

Poochyena sits at 64/109 in Ruby & Sapphire, position 64 of 109. Before it is 63 Poochyena, and after it is 65 Poochyena. The set belongs to the EX series. It was released on July 1, 2003. The printed size is 109, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Knock Off lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If heads, choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. Rear Kick is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Psychic -30. Retreat cost is 1.

Poochyena (#261) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Poochyena 63/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Poochyena list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Atsuko Nishida. I count 408 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Ruby & Sapphire set binder is where a full Ruby & Sapphire set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Poochyena can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.