Mow Rotom RT4/111 · Rising Rivals

Rotom is Pokédex #479, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Mow Rotom is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 46.

Mow Rotom sits at RT4/111 in Rising Rivals, position 118 of 120. Before it is RT3 Heat Rotom, and after it is RT5 Wash Rotom. 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 Rare.

Mow Shift is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Mow Rotom's type is Grass until the end of your turn. The attack Slash lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Mow Down is another attack lists 50 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy card attached to each of your opponent's Pokémon. Weakness is Darkness +20. Resistance is Colorless -20. Retreat cost is 2.

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 Mow Rotom. That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Daisuke Ito illustrated that card, and Yusuke Ohmura illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 40 other cards of Rotom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Yusuke Ohmura. I count 60 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. Rotom can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.