Cottonee 90/86 · White Flare

Cottonee is Pokédex #546, generation 5 (Unova). Cottonee is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 60 HP. The card lists Whimsicott, Whimsicott (#547) under evolves to.

Cottonee sits at 90/86 in White Flare, position 90 of 173. Before it is 89 Leavanny, and after it is 91 Deerling. 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 Absorb lists 10 damage. The cost is Grass. Heal 10 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "When attacked, it escapes by shooting cotton from its body. The cotton serves as a decoy to distract the attacker." The regulation mark is I.

Cottonee (#546) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Cottonee 9/98 in Emerging Powers (2011). That card lists 40 HP, and this one lists 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Illustration Rare. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Keisin illustrated this one. 8 other cards of Cottonee list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Keisin. I count 6 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. Cottonee can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.