Fan Rotom RT1/111 · Rising Rivals

Rising Rivals is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on May 16, 2009. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 120 cards. Fan Rotom is RT1/111, in position 115 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is 114 Surfing Pikachu, and after it is RT2 Frost Rotom. The listed rarity is Rare.

Fan Rotom is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 46. In the Pokédex this is Rotom (#479), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this card. The same name is on 18 other cards in the catalog.

Rotom (#479) has 49 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 28 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2008 to 2026. The earliest other card is Rotom 7/106 in Great Encounters (2008). That card is named Rotom, while this one is Fan Rotom. Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Motofumi Fujiwara illustrated this one. 35 other cards of Rotom list a different HP.

Fan Shift is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Fan Rotom's type is Colorless until the end of your turn. The attack Spin Storm lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, your opponent returns the Defending Pokémon and all cards attached to it to his or her hand. Air Slash is another attack lists 60 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If tails, discard an Energy attached to Fan Rotom. Weakness is Darkness +20. Resistance is Colorless -20.

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