Koffing 68/111 · Rising Rivals

Koffing is Pokédex #109, generation 1 (Kanto). Koffing is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 22. The card lists Weezing, Weezing (#110) under evolves to.

Koffing sits at 68/111 in Rising Rivals, position 68 of 120. Before it is 67 Kecleon, and after it is 69 Munchlax. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Offensive Gas lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Confused and Poisoned. Gas Bomb is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Psychic. Koffing does 30 damage to itself, and don't apply Weakness and Resistance to this damage. Weakness is Psychic +10. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Lighter-than-air gases in its body keep it aloft. The gases not only smell, they are also explosive."

Koffing (#109) has 28 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 25 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2025. The earliest other card is Koffing 51/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 50 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Yukiko Baba illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 17 other cards of Koffing list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yukiko Baba. I count 151 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Rising Rivals set binder is where a full Rising Rivals set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Koffing can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.