Sunkern 78/111 · Neo Genesis

Sunkern is Pokédex #191, generation 2 (Johto). Sunkern is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 40 HP. The card lists level 16. The card lists Sunflora, Sunflora (#192) under evolves to.

Sunkern sits at 78/111 in Neo Genesis, position 78 of 111. Before it is 77 Sudowoodo, and after it is 79 Swinub. The set belongs to the Neo series. It was released on December 16, 2000. The printed size is 111, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Growth lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, you may attach up to 2 Grass Energy cards from your hand to Sunkern. Mega Drain is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Grass. Remove a number of damage counters from Sunkern equal to half the damage done to the Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Sunkern has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It may drop out of the sky suddenly. If attacked by a Spearow, it violently shakes its leaves."

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 2002 to 2024. The earliest other card is Sunkern 83/105 in Neo Destiny (2002). Both list 40 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Etsuya Hattori illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. 1 other cards of Sunkern list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kagemaru Himeno. I count 656 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Neo Genesis set binder is where a full Neo Genesis set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Sunkern can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). I still need this card.