Gloom 2/196 · Lost Origin

Lost Origin is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on September 9, 2022. The printed size is 196. This checklist is longer, at 217 cards. Gloom is 2/196, in position 2 of 217 on this checklist. Before it is 1 Oddish, and after it is 3 Vileplume. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Gloom is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 80 HP. In the Pokédex this is Gloom (#044), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Oddish. In this catalog that name is Oddish (#043). The card lists Vileplume, Vileplume (#045) and Bellossom, Bellossom (#182) under evolves to.

Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this card. The same name is on 248 other cards in the catalog.

Gloom (#044) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 22 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Gloom 37/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 60 HP, and this one lists 80 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Tomokazu Komiya illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 16 other cards of Gloom list a different HP.

The attack Absorb lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Heal 30 damage from this Pokémon. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its pistils exude an incredibly foul odor. The horrid stench can cause fainting at a distance of 1.25 miles." The regulation mark is F.

I keep a set binder for Lost Origin, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Lost Origin set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Gloom can fill a slot in Generation 1 binder (Kanto). I still need this card.