Plusle 5/17 · POP Series 3

POP Series 3 is a set in the POP series. It was released on April 1, 2006. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Plusle is 5/17, in position 5 of 17 on this checklist. Before it is 4 Minun, and after it is 6 Vaporeon. The listed rarity is Rare.

Plusle is a Basic Lightning Pokémon with 50 HP. In the Pokédex this is Plusle (#311), generation 3 (Hoenn).

Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this card. The same name is on 212 other cards in the catalog.

Plusle (#311) has 19 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2023. The earliest other card is Plusle 8/97 in Dragon (2003). Both list 50 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Sumiyoshi Kizuki illustrated this one. 16 other cards of Plusle list a different HP.

The attack Cheer Up lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Draw a card. If you have Minun in play, draw 2 cards instead. Positive Ion is another attack lists 20+ damage. The cost is Lightning, Colorless. Flip a coin. If heads, this attack does 20 damage plus 10 more damage. Body Bolt is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Lightning, Lightning. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon that has any Poké-Bodies. This attack does 30 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Fighting ×2. Resistance is Metal -30. Retreat cost is 1.

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