Turtwig 17/17 · POP Series 9

Turtwig is Pokédex #387, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Turtwig is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 7. The card lists Grotle, Grotle (#388) under evolves to.

Turtwig sits at 17/17 in POP Series 9, position 17 of 17. The card before it is 16 Piplup. The set belongs to the POP series. It was released on March 1, 2009. The printed size is 17, and the checklist is the same length. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Absorb lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Remove 1 damage counter from Turtwig. Parboil is another attack lists 40+ damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. If you have Chimchar in play, this attack does 40 damage plus 20 more damage and the Defending Pokémon is now Burned. Weakness is Fire +10. Resistance is Water -20. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It undertakes photosynthesis with its body, making oxygen. The leaf on its head wilts if it is thirsty."

Turtwig (#387) has 17 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 15 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Turtwig 103/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 9 other cards of Turtwig list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Midori Harada. I count 352 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

POP Series 9 set binder is where a full POP Series 9 set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Turtwig can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.