Poochyena 86/127 · 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. Poochyena is 86/127, in position 86 of 133 on this checklist. Before it is 85 Piplup, and after it is 87 Psyduck. The listed rarity is Common.

Poochyena is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 12. In the Pokédex this is Poochyena (#261), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Mightyena, Mightyena (#262) under evolves to.

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Poochyena (#261) has 23 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Poochyena 63/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Poochyena list a different HP.

The attack Howl lists no damage number. Search your deck for Poochyena and put it onto your Bench. Shuffle your deck afterward. Lunge is another attack lists 20 damage. The cost is Darkness. Flip a coin. If tails, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fighting +10. Resistance is Psychic -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "A Pokémon with persistent nature, it chases its prey until the prey becomes exhausted."

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. Poochyena can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.