Venipede 115/167 · Twilight Masquerade

Venipede is Pokédex #543, generation 5 (Unova). Venipede is a Basic Darkness Pokémon with 80 HP. The card lists Whirlipede, Whirlipede (#544) under evolves to.

Venipede sits at 115/167 in Twilight Masquerade, position 115 of 226. Before it is 114 Mightyena, and after it is 116 Whirlipede. The set belongs to the Scarlet & Violet series. It was released on May 24, 2024. The printed size is 167. This checklist is longer, at 226 cards. The listed rarity is Common.

The attack Spit Poison lists no damage number. The cost is Darkness. Your opponent's Active Pokémon is now Poisoned. Spinning Attack is another attack lists 40 damage. The cost is Darkness, Colorless, Colorless. Weakness is Fighting ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "Venipede and Sizzlipede are similar species, but when the two meet, a huge fight ensues." The regulation mark is H.

Venipede (#543) has 8 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 7 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Venipede 52/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Common. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 6 other cards of Venipede list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads Tomokazu Komiya. I count 248 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

Twilight Masquerade set binder is where a full Twilight Masquerade set goes. This card fills one slot there. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Venipede can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.