Donphan 40/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

Donphan is Pokédex #232, generation 2 (Johto). Donphan is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. The card says it evolves from Phanpy. In this catalog that name is Phanpy (#231).

Donphan sits at 40/123 in HeartGold & SoulSilver, position 40 of 124. Before it is 39 Delibird, and after it is 41 Dunsparce. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Rock Hurl lists 50 damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Double Spin is another attack lists 70× damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 70 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Water ×2. Resistance is Lightning -20. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It has sharp, hard tusks and a rugged hide. Its tackle is strong enough to knock down a house."

Donphan (#232) has 20 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 20 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2026. The earliest other card is Donphan 21/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 18 other cards of Donphan list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder is where a full HeartGold & SoulSilver set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Donphan can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.