Breloom 50/111 · Furious Fists

Furious Fists is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 13, 2014. The printed size is 111. This checklist is longer, at 114 cards. Breloom is 50/111, in position 50 of 114 on this checklist. Before it is 49 Hitmontop, and after it is 51 Makuhita. The listed rarity is Rare.

Breloom is a Stage 1 Fighting Pokémon with 100 HP. In the Pokédex this is Breloom (#286), generation 3 (Hoenn). The card says it evolves from Shroomish. In this catalog that name is Shroomish (#285).

Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this card. The same name is on 155 other cards in the catalog.

Breloom (#286) has 15 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 14 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 2003 to 2025. The earliest other card is Breloom 16/109 in Ruby & Sapphire (2003). That card lists 70 HP, and this one lists 100 HP. Both list the rarity Rare. Ken Sugimori illustrated that card, and Hitoshi Ariga illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 1, and here it is 2. 13 other cards of Breloom list a different HP.

The attack Giga Drain lists 20 damage. The cost is Colorless, Colorless. Heal from this Pokémon the same amount of damage you did to your opponent's Active Pokémon. Sky Uppercut is another attack lists 70 damage. The cost is Fighting, Fighting, Colorless. This attack's damage isn't affected by Resistance. Weakness is Psychic ×2. Retreat cost is 2. The flavor text reads "Its short arms stretch when it throws punches. Its technique is equal to that of pro boxers."

I keep a set binder for Furious Fists, meant to hold every card of that set. This card is one slot in the Furious Fists set binder. A generation binder holds one card of each species. Breloom can fill a slot in Generation 3 binder (Hoenn). I still need this card.