Ferroseed 148/86 · White Flare

Ferroseed is Pokédex #597, generation 5 (Unova). Ferroseed is a Basic Metal Pokémon with 70 HP. The card lists Ferrothorn, Ferrothorn (#598) under evolves to.

Ferroseed sits at 148/86 in White Flare, position 148 of 173. Before it is 147 Zweilous, and after it is 149 Ferrothorn. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on July 18, 2025. The printed size is 86. This checklist is longer, at 173 cards. The collector number is above the printed set size of 86. The listed rarity is Illustration Rare.

The attack Zzzt lists 10 damage. The cost is Metal. Metal Claw is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Metal, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Resistance is Grass -30. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "When threatened, it attacks by shooting a barrage of spikes, which gives it a chance to escape by rolling away." The regulation mark is I.

Ferroseed (#597) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 10 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2026. The earliest other card is Ferroseed 70/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Midori Harada illustrated that card, and Nurikabe illustrated this one. 7 other cards of Ferroseed list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Nurikabe. I count 16 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

White Flare set binder is where a full White Flare set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Ferroseed can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.