Lombre 52/127 · Platinum

Lombre is Pokédex #271, generation 3 (Hoenn). Lombre is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 30. The card says it evolves from Lotad. In this catalog that name is Lotad (#270). The card lists Ludicolo, Ludicolo (#272) under evolves to.

Lombre sits at 52/127 in Platinum, position 52 of 133. Before it is 51 Kirlia, and after it is 53 Lucario. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Interrupt lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, look at your opponent's hand and choose 1 card, then have your opponent shuffle that card into his or her deck. Gentle Slap is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Lightning +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It has a mischievous spirit. If it spots an angler, it will tug on the fishing line to interfere."

Lombre (#271) has 13 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 11 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Lombre 45/100 in Sandstorm (2003). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Tomokazu Komiya illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Lombre list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Platinum set binder is where a full Platinum set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Lombre can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.