Breloom 52/147 · Supreme Victors

Breloom is Pokédex #286, generation 3 (Hoenn). Breloom is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 90 HP. The card lists level 37. The card says it evolves from Shroomish. In this catalog that name is Shroomish (#285).

Breloom sits at 52/147 in Supreme Victors, position 52 of 153. Before it is 51 Bibarel, and after it is 53 Carnivine. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Hover Hit lists 40 damage. The cost is Fighting. The Retreat Cost for the Defending Pokémon is 0 until the end of your next turn. Crash Bomber is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If the Defending Pokémon has any Special Energy cards attached to it, this attack does 20 damage plus 40 more damage. Then, discard a Special Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Its short arms stretch when it throws punches. Its technique is equal to that of pro boxers."

Breloom (#286) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Breloom 16/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Kyoko Umemoto illustrated this one. 15 other cards of Breloom list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Kyoko Umemoto. I count 174 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. Breloom can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.