Wash Rotom RT5/111 · 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. Wash Rotom is RT5/111, in position 119 of 120 on this checklist. Before it is RT4 Mow Rotom, and after it is RT6 Charon's Choice. The listed rarity is Rare.

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

Hiroki Fuchino illustrated this card. The same name is on 12 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 Wash 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 Hiroki Fuchino illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 40 other cards of Rotom list a different HP.

Wash Shift is listed as Poké-Power. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may use this power. Wash Rotom's type is Water until the end of your turn. The attack Cleanse Away lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Remove 3 damage counters from each of your Benched Pokémon. Drain Wash is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Flip a coin until you get tails. For each heads, choose 1 card from your opponent's hand without looking and discard it. Weakness is Darkness +20. Resistance is Colorless -20. Retreat cost is 2.

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.