Vileplume 24/90 · HS—Undaunted

Vileplume is Pokédex #045, generation 1 (Kanto). Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Vileplume sits at 24/90 in HS—Undaunted, position 24 of 91. Before it is 23 Vespiquen, and after it is 25 Weavile. The set belongs to the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. It was released on August 18, 2010. The printed size is 90. This checklist is longer, at 91 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Allergy Flower is listed as Poké-Body. Each player can't play any Trainer cards from his or her hand. The attack Dazzling Pollen lists 50+ damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 50 damage plus 20 more damage. If tails, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It has the world's largest petals. With every step, the petals shake out heavy clouds of toxic pollen."

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vileplume 15/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Mitsuhiro Arita. I count 721 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

HS—Undaunted set binder is where a full HS—Undaunted set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Mitsuhiro Arita cards. I still need this card.