Vileplume 8/214 · Unbroken Bonds

Unbroken Bonds is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 3, 2019. The printed size is 214. This checklist is longer, at 238 cards. Vileplume is 8/214, in position 8 of 238 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Gloom, and after it is 9 Venonat. The listed rarity is Rare Holo.

Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 140 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vileplume (#045), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Suwama Chiaki illustrated this card. The same name is on 102 other cards in the catalog.

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vileplume 15/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 140 HP. Both list the rarity Rare Holo. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Suwama Chiaki illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 20 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

Varied Pollen is listed as Ability. Once during your turn (before your attack), you may flip a coin. If heads, choose Asleep, Burned, Confused, or Poisoned. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now affected by that Special Condition. The attack Giant Bloom lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up."

I keep a set binder for Unbroken Bonds, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Unbroken Bonds set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Vileplume can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). Themed lists that include this exact card are Flower Pokémon. I still need this card.