Vespiquen 9/193 · Paldea Evolved

Vespiquen is Pokédex #416, generation 4 (Sinnoh). Vespiquen is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 120 HP. The card says it evolves from Combee. In this catalog that name is Combee (#415).

Vespiquen sits at 9/193 in Paldea Evolved, position 9 of 279. Before it is 8 Combee, and after it is 10 Snover. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on June 9, 2023. The printed size is 193. This checklist is longer, at 279 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Double Stab lists 30× damage. The cost is Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 30 damage for each heads. Order a Raid is another attack lists 120 damage. The cost is Grass. Choose 1 of your Benched Combee and shuffle that Pokémon and all attached cards into your deck. If you can't shuffle a Combee into your deck, this attack does nothing. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "It houses its colony in cells in its body and releases various pheromones to make those grubs do its bidding." The regulation mark is G.

Vespiquen (#416) has 11 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2007 to 2023. The earliest other card is Vespiquen 39/130 in Diamond & Pearl (2007). That card lists 100 HP, and this one lists 120 HP. The rarity there is Rare, and here it is Uncommon. Mitsuhiro Arita illustrated that card, and Megumi Higuchi illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 3, and here it is 2. 9 other cards of Vespiquen list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Megumi Higuchi. I count 17 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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