Vileplume 3/98 · Ancient Origins

Ancient Origins is a set in the XY series. It was released on August 12, 2015. The printed size is 98. This checklist is longer, at 101 cards. Vileplume is 3/98, in position 3 of 101 on this checklist. Before it is 2 Gloom, and after it is 4 Bellossom. The listed rarity is Rare.

Vileplume is a Stage 2 Grass Pokémon with 130 HP. In the Pokédex this is Vileplume (#045), generation 1 (Kanto). The card says it evolves from Gloom. In this catalog that name is Gloom (#044).

Midori Harada illustrated this card. The same name is on 352 other cards in the catalog.

Vileplume (#045) has 25 other cards in the catalog. Those other cards are in 19 sets. The other printings with a release date run from 1999 to 2026. The earliest other card is Vileplume 15/64 in Jungle (1999). That card lists 80 HP, and this one lists 130 HP. The rarity there is Rare Holo, and here it is Rare. Keiji Kinebuchi illustrated that card, and Midori Harada illustrated this one. Retreat cost there is 2, and here it is 3. 25 other cards of Vileplume list a different HP.

Irritating Pollen is listed as Ability. Each player can't play any Item cards from his or her hand. The attack Solar Beam lists 70 damage. The cost is Grass, Grass, Colorless. Weakness is Fire ×2. Retreat cost is 3. The flavor text reads "It has the world's largest petals. With every step, the petals shake out heavy clouds of toxic pollen."

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