Vespiquen 23/90 · HS—Undaunted

HS—Undaunted is a set in the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. Vespiquen is 23/90, in position 23 of 91 on this checklist. Before it is 22 Tropius, and after it is 24 Vileplume. The listed rarity is Rare.

Vespiquen is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vespiquen (#416), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card says it evolves from Combee. In this catalog that name is Combee (#415).

Naoyo Kimura illustrated this card. The same name is on 256 other cards in the catalog.

Vespiquen (#416) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Vespiquen 39/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Naoyo Kimura illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Vespiquen list a different HP.

Defense Sign is listed as Poké-Body. Prevent all damage done to your Benched Grass Pokémon by attacks. The attack Mach Wind lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. During your next turn, Vespiquen's Retreat Cost is 0. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It raises grubs in the holes in its body. It secretes pheromones to control Combee."

I keep a set binder for HS—Undaunted, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the HS—Undaunted set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vespiquen can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.