Buizel 6/17 · POP Series 9

Buizel is Pokédex #418, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Buizel is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists level 17. The card lists Floatzel, Floatzel (#419) under evolves to.

Buizel sits at 6/17 in POP Series 9, position 6 of 17. Before it is 5 Rotom, and after it is 7 Croagunk. 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 Uncommon.

The attack Whirlpool lists no damage number. The cost is Water. Flip a coin. If heads, discard an Energy attached to the Defending Pokémon. Super Fast is another attack lists 30 damage. The cost is Water, Water. If you have Pachirisu in play, flip a coin. If heads, prevent all effects of an attack, including damage, done to Buizel during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning +10. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It swims by rotating its two tails like a screw. When it dives, its flotation sac collapses."

Buizel (#418) has 15 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 Buizel 72/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Uncommon. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Buizel 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. Buizel can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.