Espeon 1/75 · Neo Discovery

Neo Discovery is a set in the Neo series. It was released on June 1, 2001. The printed size is 75, and the checklist is the same length. Espeon is 1/75, in position 1 of 75 on this checklist. The next card is 2 Forretress. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Espeon is a Stage 1 Psychic Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 41. In the Pokédex this is Espeon (#196), generation 2 (Johto). The card says it evolves from Eevee. In this catalog that name is Eevee (#133).

Atsuko Nishida illustrated this card. The same name is on 408 other cards in the catalog.

Espeon (#196) has 39 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 26 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2001 to 2026. The earliest other card is Espeon 20/75 in Neo Discovery (2001). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Rare Holo. Naoyo Kimura illustrated that card, and Atsuko Nishida illustrated this one. 34 other cards of Espeon list a different HP.

The attack Bite lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Psychic is another attack lists 30+ damage. The cost is Psychic, Psychic, Colorless. Does 30 damage plus 10 more damage for each Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Psychic ×2. The flavor text reads "It uses the fine hair that covers its body to sense air currents and predict its enemy's actions."

I keep a set binder for Neo Discovery, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Neo Discovery set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Espeon can fill a slot in Generation 2 binder (Johto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Eevee and the Eeveelutions. I still need this card.