Maractus 10/106 · Flashfire

Maractus is Pokédex #556, generation 5 (Unova). Maractus is a Basic Grass Pokémon with 90 HP.

Maractus sits at 10/106 in Flashfire, position 10 of 110. Before it is 9 Roserade, and after it is 11 Charizard-EX. The set belongs to the XY series. It was released on May 7, 2014. The printed size is 106. This checklist is longer, at 110 cards. The listed rarity is Uncommon.

The attack Exciting Shake lists no damage number. The cost is Grass. During your next turn, flip 6 coins instead of 2 for this Pokémon's Prickly Needles attack. Prickly Needles is another attack lists 20× damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 1. The flavor text reads "It uses an up-tempo song and dance to drive away the bird Pokémon that prey on its flower seeds."

Maractus (#556) has 12 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 Maractus 11/114 in Black & White (2011). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 90 HP. Both list the rarity Uncommon. Kagemaru Himeno illustrated that card, and match illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 1. 9 other cards of Maractus list a different HP.

The illustrator line reads match. I count 143 other cards in the catalog with that illustrator.

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