Vileplume 3/94 · Phantasmal Flames

Phantasmal Flames is a set in the Mega Evolution series. It was released on November 14, 2025. The printed size is 94. This checklist is longer, at 130 cards. Vileplume is 3/94, in position 3 of 130 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Gloom, and after it is 4 Mega Heracross ex. The listed rarity is Rare.

Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 150 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vileplume (#045), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Shibuzoh. illustrated this card. The same name is on 100 other cards in the catalog.

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 150 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Shibuzoh. illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

The attack Pollen Bomb lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Asleep and Poisoned. Lively Flower is another attack lists 60+ damage. The cost is Grass. If this Pokémon was healed during this turn, this attack does 120 more damage. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The bud bursts into bloom with a bang. It then starts scattering allergenic, poisonous pollen." The regulation mark is I.

I keep a set binder for Phantasmal Flames, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Phantasmal Flames set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.