Mesprit 42/131 · Forbidden Light

Mesprit is Pokédex #481, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Mesprit is a Basic Psychic Pokémon with 70 HP.

Mesprit sits at 42/131 in Forbidden Light, position 43 of 150. Before it is 41 Uxie, and after it is 43 Azelf. The set belongs to the Sun & Moon series. It was released on May 4, 2018. The printed size is 131. This checklist is longer, at 150 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Silent Waves is listed as Ability. If you have Azelf in play, your opponent's Pokémon in play have no Resistance. The attack Mind Splash lists 20+ damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. If Uxie is on your Bench, this attack does 50 more damage. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It sleeps at the bottom of a lake. Its spirit is said to leave its body to fly on the lake's surface."

Mesprit (#481) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 6 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2024. The earliest other card is Mesprit 14/123 in Mysterious Treasures (2007). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 70 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Uncommon. Ryo Ueda illustrated that card, and kodama illustrated this one. 4 other cards of Mesprit list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads kodama. I count 86 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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