Nosepass 69/99 · Arceus

Arceus is a set in the Platinum series. It was released on November 4, 2009. The printed size is 99. This checklist is longer, at 111 cards. Nosepass is 69/99, in position 69 of 111 on this checklist. Before it is 68 Makuhita, and after it is 70 Omanyte. The listed rarity is Common.

Nosepass is a Basic Fighting Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 13. In the Pokédex this is Nosepass (#299), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card lists Probopass, Probopass (#476) under evolves to.

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Nosepass (#299) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 17 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2026. The earliest other card is Nosepass 18/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Common. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 14 other cards of Nosepass list a different HP.

The attack Harden lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. During your opponent's next turn, if Nosepass would be damaged by an attack, prevent that attack's damage done to Nosepass if that damage is 30 or less. Knock Away is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Fighting, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Weakness is Water +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When endangered, it may protect itself by raising its magnetism and drawing iron objects to its body."

I keep a set binder for Arceus, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Arceus set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Nosepass can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.