Cottonee 139/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Cottonee is Pokédex #546, generation 5 (Unova). Cottonee is a Basic Fairy Pokémon with 50 HP. The card lists Whimsicott, Whimsicott (#547) under evolves to.

Cottonee sits at 139/214 in Unbroken Bonds, position 139 of 238. Before it is 138 Togekiss, and after it is 140 Whimsicott-GX. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Expand lists 10 damage. The cost is Fairy. During your opponent's next turn, this Pokémon takes 10 less damage from attacks (after applying Weakness and Resistance). Weakness is Metal ×2. Resistance is Darkness -20. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "To protect itself, it shoots cotton from its body. When it gets wet in the rain, its cotton grows moist and heavy, and it can't move as well."

Cottonee (#546) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 13 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 50 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Atsuko Nishida illustrated that card, and Ken Sugimori illustrated this one. 11 other cards of Cottonee list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Ken Sugimori. I count 1,112 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Unbroken Bonds set binder is where a full Unbroken Bonds 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.