Qwilfish 50/123 · HeartGold & SoulSilver

HeartGold & SoulSilver is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on February 10, 2010. The printed size is 123. This checklist is longer, at 124 cards. Qwilfish is 50/123, in position 50 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 49 Quilava, and after it is 51 Skiploom. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Qwilfish is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. In the Pokédex this is Qwilfish (#211), generation 2 (Johto).

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

Qwilfish (#211) has 12 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Qwilfish 49/64 in Neo Revelation (2001). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Qwilfish list a different HP.

The attack Offensive Needle lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "To fire its poison spikes, it must inflate its body by drinking over 2.6 gallons of water all at once."

I keep a set binder for HeartGold & SoulSilver, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HeartGold & SoulSilver set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Qwilfish can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.