Weedle 86/111 · Rising Rivals

Weedle is Pokédex #013, generation 1 (Kanto). Weedle is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 6. The card lists Kakuna, Kakuna (#014) under evolves to.

Weedle sits at 86/111 in Rising Rivals, position 86 of 120. Before it is 85 Turtwig GL, and after it is 87 Weezing. 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 Rescue String lists no damage number. Search your discard pile for up to 5 Pokémon, show them to your opponent, and shuffle them into your deck. Needling Sting is another attack lists 10+ damage. The cost is Grass. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 10 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Fire +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head."

Weedle (#013) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 23 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Weedle 69/102 in Base (1999). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 24 other cards of Weedle list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 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. Weedle can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.