Sunkern 85/123 · 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. Sunkern is 85/123, in position 85 of 124 on this checklist. Before it is 84 Staryu, and after it is 86 Totodile. The listed rarity is Common.

Sunkern is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. In the Pokédex this is Sunkern (#191), generation 2 (Johto). The card lists Sunflora, Sunflora (#192) under evolves to.

Yuka Morii illustrated this card. The same name is on 204 other cards in the catalog.

Sunkern (#191) has 9 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2000 to 2024. The earliest other card is Sunkern 78/111 in Neo Genesis (2000). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and Yuka Morii illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 1 other cards of Sunkern list a different HP.

The attack Cure Kernels lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Remove 2 damage counters from 1 of your Pokémon. Seed Bomb is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It may plummet from the sky. If attacked by a Spearow, it will violently shake its leaves."

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. Sunkern can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Yuka Morii clay cards. I still need this card.