Manaphy 2/17 · POP Series 9

Manaphy is Pokédex #490, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Manaphy is a Basic Water Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists level 25.

Manaphy sits at 2/17 in POP Series 9, position 2 of 17. Before it is 1 Garchomp, and after it is 3 Raichu. 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 Rare.

The attack Dive lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Look at the top 7 cards of your deck, choose 1 of them, and put it into your hand. Put the other cards back on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. Water Glow is another attack lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Choose 1 of your opponent's Pokémon. This attack does 20 damage to that Pokémon. (Don't apply Weakness and Resistance for Benched Pokémon.) Remove from Manaphy the number of damage counters equal to the damage you did to that Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning +20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It is born with a wondrous power that lets it bond with any kind of Pokémon."

Manaphy (#490) has 16 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Manaphy 9/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Manaphy list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 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. Manaphy can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.