Beedrill 12/95 · HS—Unleashed

Beedrill is Pokédex #015, generation 1 (Kanto). Beedrill is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 110 HP. The card says it evolves from Kakuna. In this catalog that name is Kakuna (#014).

Beedrill sits at 12/95 in HS—Unleashed, position 12 of 96. Before it is 11 Xatu, and after it is 13 Blastoise. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on May 12, 2010. The printed size is 95. This checklist is longer, at 96 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Twineedle lists 50× damage. The cost is Grass. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 50 damage times the number of heads. Paralyze Poison is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. The Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is also Paralyzed. Weakness is Fire ×2. The flavor text reads "It can take down any opponent with its powerful poison stingers. It sometimes attacks in swarms."

Beedrill (#015) has 29 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 24 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Beedrill 17/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 110 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 27 other cards of Beedrill list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Unleashed set binder is where a full HS—Unleashed set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Beedrill can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.