Vileplume 45/165 · 151

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

Vileplume sits at 45/165 in 151, position 45 of 207. Before it is 44 Gloom, and after it is 46 Paras. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on September 22, 2023. The printed size is 165. This checklist is longer, at 207 cards. The listed rarity is Rare.

Fully Blooming Energy is listed as Ability. When you play this Pokémon from your hand to evolve 1 of your Pokémon during your turn, you may look at the top 8 cards of your deck and attach any number of Basic Energy cards you find there to your Pokémon in any way you like. Shuffle the other cards back into your deck. The attack Solar Beam lists 90 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "The larger its petals, the more toxic pollen it contains. Its big head is heavy and hard to hold up." The regulation mark is G.

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. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Sekio illustrated this one. 20 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Sekio. I count 72 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

151 set binder is where a full 151 set goes. This card fills one slot there. 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 Modern living dex: the 151 and Flower Pokémon. I still need this card.