Empoleon 56/236 · Cosmic Eclipse

Empoleon is Pokédex #395, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Empoleon is a Stage 2 Water Pokémon with 160 HP. The card says it evolves from Prinplup. In this catalog that name is Prinplup (#394).

Empoleon sits at 56/236 in Cosmic Eclipse, position 56 of 272. Before it is 55 Prinplup, and after it is 57 Phione. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on November 1, 2019. The printed size is 236. This checklist is longer, at 272 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

The attack Recall lists no damage number. The cost is Colorless. Choose an attack from 1 of this Pokémon's previous Evolutions and use it as this attack. Aquafall is another attack lists 130 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Discard all Energy from this Pokémon. Weakness is Lightning ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It swims as fast as a jet boat. The edges of its wings are sharp and can slice apart drifting ice."

Empoleon (#395) has 22 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 18 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2025. The earliest other card is Empoleon 4/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 130 HP, and this one lists 160 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Nakaoka illustrated that card, and Masakazu Fukuda illustrated this one. 19 other cards of Empoleon list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Masakazu Fukuda. I count 471 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Cosmic Eclipse set binder is where a full Cosmic Eclipse set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Empoleon can fill a slot in Generation 4 binder (Sinnoh). I still need this card.