Piplup 16/17 · POP Series 9

POP Series 9 is a set in the POP series. It was released on March 1, 2009. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. Piplup is 16/17, in position 16 of 17 on this checklist. Before it is 15 Pikachu, and after it is 17 Turtwig. The listed rarity is Common.

Piplup is a Basic Water Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists level 6. In the Pokédex this is Piplup (#393), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Prinplup, Prinplup (#394) under evolves to.

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

Piplup (#393) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piplup 93/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 23 other cards of Piplup list a different HP.

The attack Water Sport lists 10+ damage. The cost is Water. If Piplup has less Energy attached to it than the Defending Pokémon, this attack does 10 damage plus more 10 more damage. Wavelet is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Water, Colorless, Colorless. If you have Buizel in play, this attack does 10 damage to each of your opponent's Benched Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It lives along shores in northern countries. A skilled swimmer, it dives for over 10 minutes to hunt."

I keep a set binder for POP Series 9, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the POP Series 9 set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Piplup can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.