Empoleon FB 27/147 · Supreme Victors

Empoleon is Pokédex #395, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Empoleon FB is a Basic SP Water Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 50.

Empoleon FB sits at 27/147 in Supreme Victors, position 27 of 153. Before it is 26 Dusknoir FB, and after it is 28 Exploud. The set belongs to the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Rushing Water lists 20 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless. Move an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon to another of your opponent's Pokémon. Escort is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If you played any Supporter card from your hand during this turn, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2.

Empoleon (#395) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Empoleon 4/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card is named Empoleon, while this one is Empoleon FB. That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Hiroki Fuchino illustrated this one. 22 other cards of Empoleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Hiroki Fuchino. I count 12 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Supreme Victors set binder is where a full Supreme Victors set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Empoleon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.