Piplup 239/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Cosmic Eclipse is a set in the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. Piplup is 239/236, in position 240 of 272 on this checklist. Before it is 238 Weavile, and after it is 240 Wishiwashi. The collector number is above the printed set size of 236. The listed rarity is Rare Secret.

Piplup is a Basic Water Pokémon with 60 HP. In the Pokédex this is Piplup (#393), generation 4 (Sinnoh). The card lists Prinplup, Prinplup (#394) under evolves to.

Tomomi Kaneko illustrated this card. The same name is on 2 other cards in the catalog.

Piplup (#393) has 24 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 16 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Piplup 93/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). Both list 60 HP. The rarity there is Common, and here it is Rare Secret. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Tomomi Kaneko illustrated this one. 10 other cards of Piplup list a different HP.

The attack Bubble Hold lists 80 damage. The cost is Water, Water, Water. If the Defending Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, it can't attack during your opponent's next turn. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It doesn't like to be taken care of. It's difficult to bond with since it won't listen to its Trainer."

I keep a set binder for Cosmic Eclipse, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Cosmic Eclipse set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Piplup can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.