Carnivine 68/127 · Platinum

Platinum is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on February 11, 2009. The printed size is 127. This checklist is longer, at 133 cards. Carnivine is 68/127, in position 68 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 67 Cacnea, and after it is 69 Chansey. The listed rarity is Common.

Carnivine is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 39. In the Pokédex this is Carnivine (#455), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this card. The same name is on 656 other cards in the catalog.

Carnivine (#455) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Carnivine 21/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Kagemaru Himeno illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Carnivine list a different HP.

The attack Poison Breath lists no damage number. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Poisoned. Sweet Saliva is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Remove 1 damage counter from each of your Benched Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down."

I keep a set binder for Platinum, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Platinum set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Carnivine can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.