Simisage 8/264 · Fusion Strike

Fusion Strike is a set in the Sword & Shield series. It was released on November 12, 2021. The printed size is 264. This checklist is longer, at 284 cards. Simisage is 8/264, in position 8 of 284 on this checklist. Before it is 7 Pansage, and after it is 9 Sewaddle. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

Simisage is a Stage 1 Grass Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Simisage (#512), generation 5 (Unova). The card says it evolves from Pansage. In this catalog that name is Pansage (#511).

Akira Komayama illustrated this card. The same name is on 239 other cards in the catalog.

Simisage (#512) has 10 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 9 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2011 to 2025. The earliest other card is Simisage 8/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 90 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Masakazu Fukuda illustrated that card, and Akira Komayama illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 6 other cards of Simisage list a different HP.

The attack Return lists 30 damage. The cost is Grass. You may draw cards until you have 6 cards in your hand. Whip Smash is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "Ill tempered, it fights by swinging its barbed tail around wildly. The leaf growing on its head is very bitter." The regulation mark is E.

I keep a set binder for Fusion Strike, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Fusion Strike set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Simisage can fill a slot in Generation 5 binder (Unova). I still need this card.