Carnivine 53/147 · Supreme Victors

Supreme Victors is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on August 19, 2009. The printed size is 147. This checklist is longer, at 153 cards. Carnivine is 53/147, in position 53 of 153 on this checklist. Before it is 52 Breloom, and after it is 54 Chatot G. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Carnivine is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists level 34. In the Pokédex this is Carnivine (#455), generation 4 (Sinnoh).

Satoshi Ohta illustrated this card. The same name is on 6 other cards in the catalog.

Carnivine (#455) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2026. The earliest other card is Carnivine 21/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Kouki Saitou illustrated that card, and Satoshi Ohta illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 10 other cards of Carnivine list a different HP.

The attack Vine Whip lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Swallow is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, remove from Carnivine the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to the Defending Pokémon. Weakness is Fire +20. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It binds itself to trees in marshes. It attracts prey with its sweet-smelling drool and gulps them down."

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